Pong Dam Lake Maharana Pratap Sagar in India, also known as | Upsc Environment

 Pong Dam Lake

Maharana Pratap Sagar in India, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills in HIMACHAL PRADESH

the lake is a well-known wildlife sanctuary and one of the 27 international wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention

The reservoir was declared as a bird sanctuary in 1983.