5 Things You Did Not Know About The KRS Dam
1) It was the biggest dam in India when built and the second biggest in the whole world after the aasu aan dam of Egypt
2) The construction of the dam was financed by the Queen Vani Vilasa selling her personal gold!
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3) The flood gates for KRS are the patented automatic weir water gates designed by Visvesvaraya; the gates act as a control mechanism and automatically raise the storage level during floods to prevent them causing havoc.
4) The Brindavan gardens are modelled upon the Moghul gardens of Kashmir
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5) The idea of a dam over KRS dates to Tipu; While digging for the foundation of the KRS, what was found was a foundation stone belonging to the time of Tipu
1) It was the biggest dam in India when built and the second biggest in the whole world after the aasu aan dam of Egypt
2) The construction of the dam was financed by the Queen Vani Vilasa selling her personal gold!
krs dam, krs flood gates, flood gates krs, brindavan gardens,
3) The flood gates for KRS are the patented automatic weir water gates designed by Visvesvaraya; the gates act as a control mechanism and automatically raise the storage level during floods to prevent them causing havoc.
4) The Brindavan gardens are modelled upon the Moghul gardens of Kashmir
tipu and krs, tipu and krs dam
5) The idea of a dam over KRS dates to Tipu; While digging for the foundation of the KRS, what was found was a foundation stone belonging to the time of Tipu
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