[1] The Bansagar Dam across the Sone River was constructed near the Deolond village in the Shahdol district.

The project was called "Bansagar" after Bana Bhatt, the renowned Sanskrit scholar of the 7th century, who is believed to have hailed from this region in India.

[1] The foundation stone of the Bansagar project was laid by the late Prime Minister Morarji Desai on 14 May 1978.

[2] The project was inspected and allocated sufficient funds in every five-year plan by the endless attempts of Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla former finance minister of Madhya Pradesh.

The Bansagar Dam was dedicated to the nation on 25 September 2006 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India.