A record concreting of over 6,50,000 m3 in 12 months was achieved by Patel Engineering Ltd at Ghatghar Roller Compacted Concrete Dam project.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) constructed the Bear Creek Dam in 1969 to provide flood control, recreation, water supply, and economic development benefits. The structure consists of an earth dam, a concrete overflow spillway, an intake tower, lined tunnel, and an outlet structure.

The Saluda Dam, which impounds Lake Murray, is located on the Saluda River, 10 miles upstream of Columbia, South Carolina. With more than 500 miles of shoreline, water area covering about 78 sq. miles, and storage capacity of more than 2,100,000 ac-ft of water, Lake Murray is one of the largest man-made lakes in North America.

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Manipur, in India has created yet another record apart from having remained cut off for 68 days. This one, however, is a positive one — a multipurpose dam project, the foundation stone for which was laid by Manmohan Singh, the then Member-Secretary of the Planning Commission way back in 1981, has been finally completed.

Yenagoa — The Federal Government has taken over the Umaru Musa International Cargo Airport under construction in Zarama in the outskirts of Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital.

Saturday Vanguard check revealed that work on the project site which is located off the Bayelsa stretch of the East-West road is currently stalled due to lack of fund with the place taken over by flood and weeds.

Hoover Dam, often called Boulder Dam, is located on the Colorado River at the southern tip of Nevada and the Arizona border. In the early 1900s, after many failed efforts to control the lower Colorado River with levees and irrigation canals,