| Massanjore Dam | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Dumka District,Jharkhand |
| Coordinates | 24°06′24″N87°18′30″E / 24.1068°N 87.3084°E /24.1068; 87.3084 |
| Status | Functional |
| Opening date | 1955 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Mayurakshi River |
| Height | 47.25 m (155.0 ft) |
| Length | 661.58 m (2,170.5 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Massanjore Lake |
| Total capacity | 617 million cubic meters (21.79 tmcft) |
| Active capacity | 549.13 million cubic meters (19.39 tmcft) |
| Surface area | 67.4 square kilometres (16,650 acres) |
Massanjore Dam is ahydropower generating dam over theMayurakshi River located at Massanjore nearDumka in the state ofJharkhand,India. The Massanjore dam (also called Canada Dam), across the Mayurakshi, was commissioned in 1955. It was formally inaugurated byLester B. Pearson, Foreign Minister of Canada.[1] The Mayurakshi River at the dam site has a catchment area of 1869 km2[2]
Massanjore dam at23°06′03″N87°19′31″E / 23.10083°N 87.32528°E /23.10083; 87.32528 is about 36 kilometres (22 mi) upstream fromSiuri inWest Bengal and is about 34 kilometres (21 mi) fromDumka inJharkhand.
It is 47.25 m high from its base and is 661.58 m long. The reservoir has an area of 67.4 square kilometres (16,650 acres) when full and has a storage capacity of 617,000,000 cubic metres (500,210 acre⋅ft). The length of the overflow section is 225.60 m and is controlled by 21 bays, each 9.144 m wide. The design discharge is 4.446 cumecs. The full reservoir level is 121.34 m and the flood level is 122.56 m. It cost Rs. 16.10 crore.
Mayurakshi Left Bank Canal- Length 20.54 kilometres (Lined Canal).
Mayurakshi Right Bank Canal-Yet to be constructed.
The dam was funded by the counterpartrupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India. Canada devoted those rupees to the further development of the Mayurakshi dam project.[3]
Unfortunately, the Massanjore dam was not allowed to have a flood reserve. In 1956 the state government selectively took over flood control embankments till then maintained by the landlords or local bodies.
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