Hirakud Dam, completed in 1957 across the Mahanadi river near Sambalpur, is one of the longest earthen dams in the world, with its main dam and connecting dykes stretching over 25 km. It remains a major flood-control and irrigation project and a notable engineering-era landmark of independent India's early infrastructure ambitions.
The reservoir it creates, Hirakud Lake, is a large inland water body offering boating and island viewpoints, making the dam as much a scenic destination today as a functioning piece of infrastructure.
Built in the first decade after Indian independence as a flagship multipurpose river valley project, Hirakud was intended to control the Mahanadi's historically destructive floods while irrigating a large command area across western Odisha.
5 Days / 4 Nightsheritage · culture · nature
Bhubaneswar — Sambalpur — Hirakud — Bargarh
9 Days / 8 Nightswildlife · nature
Bhubaneswar — Baripada — Similipal — Bhitarkanika — Satkosia — Chilika
12 Days / 11 Nightsheritage · culture · wildlife
Bhubaneswar — Puri — Konark — Chilika — Daringbadi — Similipal — Baripada — Sambalpur
wildlife sanctuary
Angul and Nayagarh districts
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