Vaitarna Dam
Appearance
Vaitarna Dam | |
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Official name | Vaitarna Dam / Modaksagar Dam |
Location | Palghar Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Coordinates | 19°40′15″N 73°17′26″E / 19.670841°N 73.2905592°E |
Opening date | 1957[1] |
Owner(s) | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai, India |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity |
Impounds | Vaitarna river |
Height | 82 m (269 ft) |
Length | 567.07 m (1,860.5 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 174,790,000 m3 (6.173×109 cu ft) |
Surface area | 8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi) |
Vaitarna Dam, also called Modaksagar Dam, is a Gravity dams on Vaitarna river which supplies water to Palghar, Mumbai, but located in Palghar & Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra in India. It was opened in 1957.
Another dam, the Middle Vaitarna Dam is to be built in the neighboring Palghar & Thane district on the same river; to supplement the water supply to the ever-growing needs of Mumbai and its Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Specifications
[edit]The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 82 m (269 ft) while the length is 567.07 m (1,860.5 ft). The gross storage capacity is 204,980.00 m3 (7,238,800 cu ft).[2]
Purpose
[edit]- Water supply
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vaitarna / Modaksagar D05130". Retrieved March 15, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Specifications of large dams in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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