Tenughat Dam () is an earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway across the

Damodar River Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow o ...

at Tenughat in Petarwar block of

Bokaro district Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad district a ...

in the

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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 ...

Geography

Location

Tenughat Dam is located at .

Overview

The Damodar River Valley Project on the Damodar River and its principal tributary, the

Barakar River The Barakar River is the main tributary of the Damodar River in eastern India. Originating near Padma, Hazaribagh, Padma in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand it flows for across the northern part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, mostly in a west to eas ...

, is located in eastern India. The four main multipurpose dams located at

Tilaiya Tilaiya is a village in the Chandwara CD block in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Tilaiya is located at . Overview Koderma district is plateau territory and around 60% o ...

Konar Konar may refer to: * Konar (caste), a caste in Tamil Nadu, India * Kunar Province of Afghanistan * Kunar River of Afghanistan and Pakistan * Kunhar River of Pakistan * Konar River in the Indian state of Jharkhand * Konar Dam, damming Konar River ...

Maithon Maithon is a census town in Nirsa CD Block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the banks of river Barakar Etymology The name has been derived from Maithan or Mai-Ka-Than (Hindi) ...

and

Panchet Panchet is a census town in Nirsa CD block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History During construction of dam several ruin of Tilakampa kingdom were submerged in the dam. Telkupi was capital ...

were commissioned during 1953–1959. In addition, a single purpose reservoir on the main stream, the Damodar, at Tenughat (with live storage 224 million m³ and without provision for flood storage) was constructed later in 1974. While the four earlier dams are controlled by

Damodar Valley Corporation Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent ...

, Tenughat Dam is controlled by the Government of Jharkhand.

The dam

The long, high earthfill embankment dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway and under-sluice structures, concrete diaphragm cut-off wall, rock excavation in foundation, diversion channel, coffer dam and appurtenant works at Tenughat was built for supply of water to

Bokaro Steel Plant Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is located in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet technology. It is the second largest steel plant in India after Bhilai Steel Plant and 3 ...

and the Bokaro industrial area.

Tourism

Union tourism ministry's proposal to boost tourism in each district, Bokaro district has zeroed in on the Tenughat dam area to be developed into a tourist centre.

References

{{North Chotanagpur Division topics Bokaro district Dams in Jharkhand Masonry dams Dams completed in 1973 1973 establishments in Bihar 20th-century architecture in India