Massanjore Dam is a

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generating dam over the Mayurakshi River located at Massanjore near

Dumka Dumka, the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bhagalpur and Birbhum district afte ...

in the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

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. The Massanjore dam (also called Canada Dam), across the Mayurakshi, was commissioned in 1955. It was formally inaugurated by

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, Foreign Minister of Canada. The Mayurakshi River at the dam site has a catchment area of 1869 km²Mayurakshi Reservoir Project
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Geography

Location

Massanjore dam at is about upstream from Siuri in

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and is about from

Dam

It is 47.25 m high from its base and is 661.58 m long. The reservoir has an area of when full and has a storage capacity of . 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.

Canal

Mayurakshi Left Bank Canal- Length 20.54 kilometres (Lined Canal). Mayurakshi Right Bank Canal-Yet to be constructed.

Finance

The dam was funded by the counterpart

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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.

Flood reserve

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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References

{{Hydrography of Jharkhand Dams in Jharkhand Dumka district Dams completed in 1955 1955 establishments in Bihar 20th-century architecture in India