Hirakud Dam has been built on the river Mahanadi which is a major river in Odissa and Chattisgarh.
Hirakud Dam is the biggest artificial lake in India with a reservoir capacity of 5,896,000,000 and a capacity of producing ;347.5 MW of electricity.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was built on Krishna river between the borders of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana District with a capacity of 11.56 a capacity of producing 816 MW of Electricity.
Bhakra-Nangal Dam is built on the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh with its Gobind Sagar reservoir having a capacity of 9.340 and a capacity of producing 1325 MW of electricity.
Sardar Sarovar Dam is built upon the Narmada river in Gujrat with a reservoir capacity of 9.5 and a capacity of producing 1,450 MW of electricity.