Bansagar Dam

Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project on Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh, India with both irrigation and 435 MW of hydroelectric power generation.^[1]

Bansagar Dam
View of Bansagar Dam from down stream
Location	Deolond, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	24°11′30″N 81°17′15″E / 24.19167°N 81.28750°E / 24.19167; 81.28750
Construction began	14 May 1978
Opening date	25 September 2006
Operator(s)	Water Resources Department, Madhya Pradesh
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Sone River
Height	67 m (220 ft)
Length	1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Bansagar Reservoir capacity = 5.43 cubic kms OR 191.78 tmc ft

The Bansagar Dam across the Sone River was constructed near the Deolond village in the Shahdol district. It is surrounded by Maihar, Katni, and Rewa districts. The project was called "Bansagar" after Bana Bhatt, the renowned Sanskrit scholar of the 7th century, who is believed to have hailed from this region in India. Bansagar Dam is located at Latitude 24-11-30 N and Longitude 81-17-15 E.

The project was initially called the "Dimba Project" in 1956 by the Central Water Commission, New Delhi to be constructed on the Sone River at the confluence of the Sone and Banas Rivers near Shikarganj town 30 km down river from the present site. Later it was shifted to the present site at Deolond. There was an agreement in 1973 between the State Governments of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the construction of the dam, in which the states shared the expenditure in the ratio of 2:1:1. The 4 million-acre-feet of water is also shared by the states in the same ratio. The construction work was started in 1978 at original approved cost of Rs. 91.31 crores. The final estimated cost in 1998 was Rs. 1054.96 crores.^[1]