Dudhawa Dam

Dudhawa Dam is a major earthen dam built across the Mahanadi River at Dudhawa village in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh, about 29 km from Kanker town. Completed in 1963-64, it creates a large reservoir that provides irrigation and water supply to the region. The dam is notable for its scenic reservoir surrounded by forested hills and its proximity to Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, making it a popular picnic and sightseeing spot.

Visitors can expect a long earthen dam wall with a vast reservoir on the Mahanadi River surrounded by forested hills and open countryside. The site offers panoramic water views, earthen embankments and spillway structures, and quiet shoreline areas for sightseeing and photography. The reservoir area is used for picnicking and nature observation, with forested surroundings and birdlife. Basic viewpoints along the dam allow views of the water spread.

Dudhawa Dam was constructed between 1953 and 1963-64 across the Mahanadi River as one of the early major irrigation projects in Chhattisgarh region. Built as an earthen dam, it was developed to provide irrigation to agricultural lands in Kanker and Dhamtari districts and to support water conservation in the upper Mahanadi basin.