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Tandula Dam is located in
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...
in
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. It is located at about 2 km from Balod Collectorate in
Balod district Balod district is a district within the state of Chhattisgarh. Its headquarters are in Balod. It has a District & Sessions Court which was inaugurated on 2 October 2013 by Shri Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha. Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari joined as the f ...
. The dam project was started in 1910 on the confluence of Tandula and Sukha Nala rivers and was completed in 1921. The dam stores water from catchment area of . The gross storage capacity of the reservoir is 302.31 million cubic metres and the highest flood level is . Its Designed Area is 25397 Hact. The Dam provide Drinking Water to Durg & Bhilai Nagar Nigam area and caters to industrial requirement of Bhilai Steel Plant. Tandula river joins the ShivNath river.


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