Located 15 km from Sambalpur, Orissa.

The Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km
from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India.

The dam regulates the flow of the Mahanadi River and produces
hydroelectricity through several hydroelectric plants.

Hirakund dam is about 4.8 km long, bordered by earthen dykes on its left as well as right.

Built in 1956, the dam is the world`s largest earthen dam.

The dam helps control floods in the Mahanadi delta and irrigates
7,500,000 hectares of land.

Hirakud dam was the first post- independence river valley project in India.