Gandhi Sagar dam is located in Eastern Madhya Pradesh, on Chambal river. It is a masonry gravity dam which lies in Mandsaur district of MP. It is one of the 4 major dams built on Chambal river. Its approx. height is 62 meter and length is 514 meters. Its foundation stone was laid by Indian prime minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru on 1954 and it took approx. 06 years in overall construction thus it get completed by the year 1960. This dam generates total 564 GWh energy with the help of hydroelectric power station and later on the same released water was used for agricultural irrigation purpose. Apart from this, such dams play important role in flood control and water storage thus it has great importance for this region.
Gandhi Sagar dam is located in north-west of Madhya Pradesh in Malwa region.
Near by airport options = Indore airport (255 km), Udaipur (Rajasthan) airport (210 km)
Near by railway stations = Mandsaur station (70 km), Neemuch station (115 km) and Bhawani Mandi station (55 km)
After reaching nearby airport and railway stations, further journey is be done by taxi vehicle.
Gandhi Sagar dam is counted among popular water tourism destinations of Madhya Pradesh. Due to back water presence, here boating is possible thus it is an ideal destination for boat tourism. In addition to this, this region is surrounded by Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary thus here we can enjoy jungle safari experience in which birding, wildlife photography, nature walks activities can be done. This place is also popular for some great rock painting sites.
As it is a nature tourism destination thus here best time to visit is decided as per climatic conditions. Here we can experience all main 3 seasons i.e. summers, monsoon and winters. From tourism point of view, winter season is most ideal period to visit such sites. During monsoon, due to heavy rainfall, possible heavy rainfall, tourists avoid this period for touring. During summer period (Mar-June), due to plateau based rocky topography, here temperture rises rapidly in day time thus majority of tourists prefers to do sightseeing in morning or evening hours and thus it is a moderate period for tourism activities.
Here one and only best stay option is MP Tourism Departments's Hinglaj resort. Now other private hotel groups also established some good accommodation option thus tourists will get some limited stay options and choose the best one as per their taste and expectations.
After visiting Gandhi Sagar dam site, tourists have 2 options. One option is to move towards Rajasthan state and explore Udaipur city, Kumbhalgarh fort site etc. Second option is to explore Madhya Pradesh tourist destinations in which some good options are like Ujjain city, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Mandu etc. .
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