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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Canals in India, Dams in India, Reservoirs in India, Maharana Pratap Sagar, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Jain Irrigation Systems, List of dams and reservoirs in India, Buckingham Canal, Amaravathi Reservoir, Irrigation tank, Nizam Sagar, Srisailam Dam, Majalgaon, Aliyar Reservoir, Musi River, Sethu Canal, Dehani lift irrigation scheme, Nano Ganesh, Malampuzha, Indian Rivers Inter-link, Indira Gandhi Canal, Grand Anicut, Kesavanpara, Osman Sagar, Himayat Sagar, Kaikatty, Upper Krishna Project, Lakkavalli, Harangi Reservoir, Koshi Barrage, Kanva reservoir, Johad, Canoly Canal, Sirhind Canal, Tawa Reservoir, Mir Alam Tank, Tatipudi, Gantyada, Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects, Sutlej Yamuna link canal, Frederick Campbell Rose, Upper Anaicut, Shamirpet Lake, National Waterway 3, Stanley Reservoir, Pandoh Lake, Red Hills Lake, National Waterway 1, Babli, Kangsabati Project, Sriram Sagar Reservoir, National Waterway 2, National Waterway 5, Kanithi Balancing Reservoir, Balimela Reservoir, Basavarajeshwari Camp, Trivandrum-Shoranur canal, National Waterway 6, Tajewala, Devadula lift irrigation scheme, Iamwarm, Soundane Cut, SreeRamsagar project reservoir. Excerpt: Maharana Pratap Sagar (Devanagari: ), also known as Pong Dam Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975 building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, in India. Named in the honour of the patriot Maharana Pratap (1572 -1597), the reservoir or the lake is a well known wildlife sanctuary and one of the 25 wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention. The closest railway stations to the project are Mukerian30 km (18.6 mi) and Pathankot 32 km (19.9 mi). Nagrota Surian and Jawali located on the periphery of the reservoir are c...
