The largest man-made lake in India is Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar Lake.
It is the reservoir of the Rihand Dam or Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam, the largest dam in India by volume. Rihand is the tributary of the Son river.
The reservoir is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Constructed as a gravity dam, it is located in the Sonabhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
The dam has several hydroelectric projects such as Singrauli, Vindyachal, Rihand, Anpara & Sasan. It generates ten thousand megawatts of electricity which is distributed to the North Indian states.
Govind Ballabh Pant dam was constructed as a part of the Chambal project. It has a height of 91.44 meters and a length of 934 meters. A huge amount of the water stored in the dam is used for irrigation purposes in states like Bihar.
The second largest man-made lake in India is the Dhebar Lake in Rajasthan.
The tallest dam in India is the Tehri on the Bhagirathi river in Uttar Pradesh.
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