Singda Dam

Singda Dam, near Imphal, creates a reservoir popular with local visitors for its scenic hillside setting and boating facilities, offering a straightforward recreational escape within relatively easy reach of the capital. The dam's primary function as a water supply and irrigation project has developed a secondary role as a local leisure destination over the years since its construction.

While not a major standalone attraction for visitors travelling specifically to Manipur, Singda Dam offers a pleasant, low-key half-day outing for those based in Imphal wanting a change of scenery without extensive travel into the state's more remote hill districts. The surrounding hills provide a scenic backdrop for short walks around parts of the reservoir, adding a modest hiking element to an otherwise primarily lakeside visit.

Built primarily for irrigation and water supply purposes, Singda Dam's reservoir has, over time, become a modest local recreational destination for residents of the surrounding Imphal valley area, its boating facilities developed gradually to complement the dam's original infrastructural purpose.

About 20km from Imphal, roughly 45 minutes by road.