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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox dam<br />
| name = Gangrel Dam<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|20|37|36|N|81|33|36|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| location = [[Dhamtari District]]<br />
| status = O<br />
| construction_began = <br />
| opening = 1979<br />
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| dam_type = Embankment, earth-fill<br />
| dam_crosses = [[Mahanadi River]]<br />
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| dam_length = {{Convert|1830|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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| dam_volume = {{Convert|1776000|m3|cuyd|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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| spillway_capacity = {{Convert|17230|m3/s|ft3/s|0|abbr=on}}<br />
| res_name = Ravishankar Reservoir<br />
| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|910500000|m3|cuyd|0|abbr=on}}<br />
| res_capacity_active = {{Convert|766890000|m3|cuyd|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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| res_catchment = <br />
| res_surface = {{Convert|95|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="nrld">{{cite web|url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=National Register for Large Dams |year=2009 |publisher=Central Water Commission |pages=194–197 |access-date=30 November 2011 |location=India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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| image = RAVISHANKAR SAGAR PROJECT GANGREL- 2.jpg<br />
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| location_map = India Chhattisgarh<br />
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| dam_height = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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'''Gangrel Dam (हिन्दी: गंगरेल बाँध)''' also known as the '''Ravishankar Sagar''' named in the name of [[Ravishankar Shukla]] located in [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]. It is built across the [[Mahanadi River]]. It is located in [[Dhamtari district]], about 17&nbsp;km from Dhamtari and about 90&nbsp;km from [[Raipur]]. It is the longest dam in Chhattisgarh. This dam supplies year round irrigation, allowing farmers to harvest two crops per year and key water supplier of [[Bhilai Steel Plant]]. The dam also supplies 10 MW of hydro-electric power capacity.<ref>[http://www.zeenews.com/States/2006-07-05/307156news.html Chhattisgarh: Gangrel Dam water released into Mahanadi]</ref><br />
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The chief Engineer of this projet was Mr Dev raj Sikka. The dam consists of 14 gates (spillways) .<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=20.618325&lon=81.5261078&z=12&l=0&m=s&v=2 Gangrel dam in wikimapia]<br />
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{{Mahanadi Basin}}<br />
{{Hydrography of Chhattisgarh}}<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Dams on the Mahanadi River]]<br />
[[Category:Dhamtari district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1979]]<br />
[[Category:1979 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]</div>
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