Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is constructed over river Rihand, a tributary of Sone. It is the largest man made reservoir in India and is considered as a pride of U.P. The area surrounding the Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam has very wealthy reserves of coals. This area is popularly known as Singrauli, which is also a coalfield zone in Uttar Pradesh. The coalmines in Singrauli have the largest concentration of large capacity mining equipment in the nation. More than nine mines in this region are producing coal and supplying to three NTPC and one UPSEB power stations. This place is one of the prime electricity-generating centers in India.

The Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar authorities are also known for the efforts for restoration of forest and green cover in the region. It is apparent now that the area has much more forest compared to few years ago. This afforestation process has been a genuine effort on the part of mining companies. Singrauli also boasts of largest population of productive qualified engineers.

Owing to the presence of Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the state of Uttar Pradesh is known as the power generating state in India. This dam alone generates around 10000MW from this District and caters to majority of North Indian States. Apart from small settlements and townships, this place has all the natural scenic beauty one can think of in a forest. This place has beautiful landscape, hills for trekking and waterfalls.

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