Ramganga Dam
The Ramganga Dam, also known as the Kalagarh Dam, is an embankment dam on the Ramganga River  upstream of Kalagarh in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. It is located within the Jim Corbett National Park. Background
The dam is part of the Ramganga Multipurpose Project — an irrigation and hydroelectric project. It supports a 198 MW power station and provides water for the irrigation of  of farmland. In addition, it provides for flood control and recreation. Construction on the dam began in 1961 and it was completed in 1974. The three generators in the power station were commissioned in December 1975, November 1976 and March 1977. Design
The dam is a  tall and  long earth and rock-fill embankment dam with  of fill. The dam's spillway is controlled by five gates and has a maximum discharge of . To support the reservoir's elevation, there is a  tall saddle dam on the reservoir's rim  to the northeast on the Chui Sot River. The reservoir created by both dams has a  capacity of which  is active (or "useful") capacity. The reservoir has a surface of  and a catchment area of . The power station at the toe of the dam contains three 66 MW Francis turbine-generators and is afforded  of design hydraulic head. Below the dam is a system of over  of canals supported by three barrages and  of main feeder canal. See also

 List of power stations in India

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Dams in Uttarakhand
Hydroelectric power stations in Uttarakhand
Embankment dams
Pauri Garhwal district
Dams completed in 1974
Energy infrastructure completed in 1977
1977 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
20th-century architecture in India