Sapua Dam

Sapua Dam stands at the starting point of the Sapua, a small tributary of the Mahanadi, near Rasol in the Hindol block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. It was built under the Sapua-Badajore Irrigation Project, with work starting in 1993 and finishing in 2006. The dam is 1,290 metres long and 26 metres high, set between two small mountains, and lies about 90 km from Bhubaneswar and 5 km from Rasol on National Highway 655.

Once a barred area, it now sees tourists who come to camp, picnic and look around. The dam sits in sal forest and overlooks a bridge and green mountains. Many visitors assume the name refers to the snake-like shape of the riverside fixed gates, but it comes from the river itself; local tales link the river's name to its large, snake-like bed.