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The
Maithon
Dam
is
located
at
Maithon,
48
km
from
Dhanbad,
in
the
state
of
Jharkhand.
It
is
15,712
ft
(4,789
m)
long
and
165
ft
(50
m).
high.
This
dam
was
specially
designed
for
flood
control
and
generates
60,000
kW
of
electric
power.
There
is
an
underground
power
station,
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
whole
of
South
East
Asia.
The
dam
is
constructed
on
the
Barakar
River.
The
lake
is
spread
over
65
square
kilometres
(25
sq
mi).
DVC-Damodar
Valley
Corporation
Inauguration
plaque
of
Maithon
Dam
The
visionary
Chief
Ministers
of
Bihar
and
West
Begal
Dr.
Srikrishna
Sinha
and
Dr.
Bidhan
Chandra
Roy
persuaded
central
government
about
the
benefits
of
this
mega
project.
DVC
is
the
first-ever
multipurpose
river
valley
project
of
independent
India
which
came
into
being
on
July
7,
1948
by
an
act
of
Constituent
Assembly
(Act
no.
XIV
of
1948).
DVC
has
its
command
area
of
approx
24,235
km²
spreading
across
the
Damodar
basin.
The
upper
valley
consists
of
two
entire
districts
(Dhanbad
and
Bokaro)
and
eight
districts
partly
in
the
state
of
Jharkhand.
The
lower
valley
on
the
other
hand
consists
of
five
districts
partly
(Burdwan,
Hooghly,
Bankura,
Howrah
and
Purulia)
in
the
state
of
West
Bengal.
DVC
was
set
up
with
the
intent
of
promoting
and
operating
the
schemes
which
may
cause
social
and
economic
uplift
in
the
valley
region.[citation
needed]
Sunset
at
Maithon
dam
Prospects
and
opportunities
Proficient
management
of
water
resources
through
dams,
canals
and
barage,
DVC
facilitated
irrigation
as
well
as
industrial
and
domestic
water
supply
which
at
large
benefited
the
region
as
a
whole.
DVC
has
been
generating,
transmitting
&
distributing
electrical
energy
since
1953
and
has
succeeded
not
only
in
meeting
the
expectation
of
consumers
but
has
also
elevated
its
height
in
its
performance.
The
full
form
of
DVC
is
Damodar
valley
corporation
and
since
it
uses
its
main
source
of
water
from
the
Damodar
dam
it
is
named
so.
Recently
it
has
collaborated
with
TATA
Power
and
a
thermal
power
project
has
been
started,
named
Maithon
Power
Limited
(MPL).
Earlier
DVC
had
installed
few
Gas
Turbines
for
generation
of
electricity,
a
unique
technology
in
the
entire
region
introduced
for
the
very
first
time
in
Maithon.
They
are
no
more
functional
now.
DVC
has
provided
employment
to
thousands
of
families
and
is
continuing
to
do
so.
It
also
provides
facility
for
engineering
and
management
graduates
to
undergo
training
in
their
respective
fields.
Maithon
48
km
from
Dhanbad,
Maithon
is
termed
as
mother's
abode.
It
has
the
biggest
reservoir
in
DVC.
Conceived
on
the
lines
of
Tennessee
Valley,
USA
it
has
been
designed
for
flood
control
&
generates
60,000
kW
of
electric
power.
It
is
built
on
the
river
Barakar.
It
has
its
unique
underground
power
station,
the
first
of
its
kind
in
South
Asia.
The
lake
is
spread
over
an
area
of
65
km².
It
is
15,712
ft
(4,789
m).
long
&
165
ft
(50
m)
high.
flood
Control
promotion
&
operation
of
schemes
for
irrigation
water
supply
for
domestic
&
industrial
use
navigation
&
drainage
generation,
transmission
&
distribution
of
electrical
energy.
History
In
1942,
during
the
course
of
World
War
II,
a
flood
occurred
in
the
Damodar
valley
region
that
cut
Calcutta
off
from
the
rest
of
the
country
for
a
period
of
10
weeks.
Soon
the
government
sprang
into
action
&
called
Mr.
W.L.Voord,
a
civil
engineer
of
Tennessee
Valley
Authority
(TVA).
He
designed
the
plan
of
the
dams
by
1945.
Finally
the
first
dam
of
independent
India
came
up
on
July
7,
1953
at
Tilaiya.
Soon
Konar,
Maithon
&
Panchet
Dam
followed
in
its
footsteps
in
1955,
1957
and
1959
respectively.
Great
Historical
Construction
Of
Jharkhand
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