SANAMACHHAKANDANA DAM/'BADA GHAGHRA(ORIGINAL WATERFALL)

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Bada Ghagara Dam, n Machhakandana Nala, a tributary of Aradei River that empties into Baitarani River

ITS A VERY BEAUTIFUL EARTH DAM...BUILT BY KING DHANURJAYA NARAYANA BHANJADEO OF KEONJHARGARH WITH "FAKIRMOHAN SENAPATI"... WANTED TO MAKE ONE PASSAGE FOR WATER SUPPLY TO KEONJHAR...BY UNPAID WORKERS...REASON OF PRAJAMELI OF DHARANIDHAR BHUYAN...BUT HE COULD NOT COMPLETE THE PASSAGE...STILL THEN IT IS LEFT AS IT IS...FEW STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY GOVT. OF ODISHA WHICH IS NOT SUFFICIENT

Sanamachhakandana dam is located at Latitude 210-31’N and Longitude 850-34’E which is a multi-purpose project for Irrigation, Drinking Water Supply, Power Generation, Pisci-culture and Recreation. A dam has been constructed across Sanmachhakandana nallah, a tributary of Ardei in Baitarani basin. The Dam site is about 11 km from Keonjhar town, near village Dingapani / Anjar of Keonjhar block. The project was completed in the year 1978. It is a homogeneous rolled fill earth dam with over all length of 973m including ungated ogee surplus escape of 122m on left flank. From the project, 3 cusec to Keonjhar town for drinking purpose through an intake well at the downstream of head regulator by gravity flow. One Mini Hydel Plant (2 x 20 KW) was constructed in the year 1986 and is in operation since 1987, which generates 0.2 million unit of electricity between July to March. Water to the Hydel station taken through a masonry trough into the forebay from where it moves through the penstock to the turbine for generating power and finally released to the parent nallah. This is picked up for irrigation by the Diversion weir located 7.00 km downstream of dam near village Bhalidihi. Catchment area intercepted at dam site is 25.60 km2.Spillway design flood was calculated using Dicken’s formula which works out to 226.50 m3/sec. The height of the dam from deepest foundation level is 17.61m. The Gross storage capacity 3.850 M m3.