Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department is happy to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Congress of the ICOLD by issuing a special postage stamp.
An aerial view of the Hirakud Dam on the Mahanadi in Orissa State is depicted on the stamp. It is the largest earth dam in the country. It is nearly 25.5 Kilometers long and 61 meter high. Its gross storage capacity is 8100 million cubic meters spread over 746 square kilometers. Besides generating power, its irrigation potential covers 253747 hectares.
In 1928 an international non-governmental organisation called the International Commission on Large Dams was set up to facilitate exchange of information and experience on planning, designing, constructing and maintaining large dams. The Commission, comprising 71 member-States at present, functions through the national committees of the participating countries. The Central Board of Irrigation & Power under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation functions as the Indian National Committee. The 13th Congress of the Commission being held in New Delhi from 29 October to 2 November 1979 marks the Golden Jubilee of the International Commission on large Dams (ICOLD).
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