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[[File:Mandira Dam, Kanshabahal, Mayurbhanj.jpg|thumb|Mandira Dam]]<br />
'''Mandira dam''' is located near Kansbahal in Sundergarh district, [[Odisha]], [[India]]. Currently closed for visitors for a few weeks - Noted May 2018. It is built across [[Sankh River|Sankh river]], located 16&nbsp;km upstream from Mandira. The water from the dam is used for [[Rourkela Steel Plant]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9ddh_7mJqL8C&pg=PA83&dq=Mandira+dam Risks and Reconstruction by Michael M. Cernea, Chris McDowell]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&pg=RA1-PA637&dq=Mandira+dam&lr= Hydrology and Water Resources of India by Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P.]</ref> Construction of the dam began after 1957. The dam displaced 2400 families and only 843 were resettled.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MICwQzKoDO8C&pg=PA189&dq=Mandira+dam&lr= The legacy of G.S. Ghurye by Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, A. R. Momin]</ref><br />
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== Tourism ==<br />
The reservoir offers boating facilities for tourists and the nearest railway station is located in Kansbahal on the Howrah-Mumbai main line of South Eastern Railway. Rourkela is the closest junction station. The dam can be reached from Kansbahal and Rourkela by two wheeler, private cars, taxis, auto rickshaws and irregular bus service.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nxtnsT8CdZ4C&pg=PA283&dq=Mandira+dam&lr= Encyclopedia of Tourism Resources in India by Manohar Sajnani]</ref><br />
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[[File:MANDIRA DAM.jpg|thumb|MANDIRA DAM]]<br />
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*[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.2522418&lon=84.6173859&z=11&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/516820/Mandira-Dam-Reservoir Mandira Dam in wikimapia]<br />
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