Pagra dam is part of the Pancham Nagar Irrigation Project, it is situated near Banda town in Distt Sagar It is a storage reservoir with a capacity of 99.00 MCM . The river closure was done by the earthen dam of 40 meter height and the flood discharge is done by a side spillway, which has eleven number of radial gates, to discharge the flood. It has a stilling basin as energy dissipation arrangement.