Madam Silli Dam an embankment dam on the Sillari River

The Madam Silli Dam, also spelled Murrum Silli, is an embankment dam on the Sillari River, a tributary of the Mahanadi River.

Location of Madam Silli Dam

It is in the Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh.

Distance of Madamsilli from Raipur

Madamsilli is about 95 km from Raipur.

Built

Built between 1914 and 1923, it is the first dam in Asia to have Siphon Spillways.

It was built under the supervision of Madam Silli, the British Raj governor so it is named as MadamSilli dam.

On June 3, 1929, R.S. Rajendranath Sur, a civil engineer from the Central Province, was awarded the title of “Rai Saheb” by George V for his exceptional work on the Murrum Silli Dam.

Madam Silli Dam

It is one of the most prominent architectural marvels in Chhattisgarh.

The giant construction of the Madamsilli dam is an engineering marvel of the state of Chhattisgarh

Type of Dam 

Embarkment 

Height of Madam Silli Dam

34.15m

Length

2591 m

Dam Volume

1,619,000 m³ 

Spillway capacity 

1,132 m³/s (39,976 cu ft/s)

Total capacity

165,340,000 m³ (216,256,555 cu yd)

Active capacity

161,913,000 m³ (211,774,209 cu yd)

Surface area

25 km²

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