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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox dam<br /> | name = Damsal Dam<br /> | name_official = Damsal Dam<br /> | image = Damsal_Dam_Mehingrowal_Hoshiarpur_Punjab.png<br /> | image_size = 300px<br /> | image_caption = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | location_map = India Punjab<br /> | location_map_size = <br /> | location_map_caption = <br /> | coordinates = {{coord|31.67|N|75.95|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br /> | country = India<br /> | location = Mehingrowal, [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br /> | status = O<br /> | construction_began = <br /> | opening = 2001<br /> | demolished = <br /> | cost = <br /> | owner = Kandi Area Dam Maintenance Division, Punjab<br /> | dam_type = Embankment, earth-fill<br /> | dam_height = {{Convert|26|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | dam_height_thalweg =<br /> | dam_height_foundation=<br /> | dam_length = {{Convert|160|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | dam_width_crest = {{Convert|6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | dam_width_base = {{Convert|180|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | dam_volume = <br /> | dam_elevation_crest =<br /> | dam_crosses = [[Damsal River]]<br /> | spillway_count = <br /> | spillway_type =<br /> | spillway_capacity =<br /> | res_name = <br /> | res_capacity_total = <br /> | res_capacity_active = <br /> | res_capacity_inactive=<br /> | res_catchment = <br /> | res_surface = <br /> | res_elevation ={{Convert|527.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | res_max_depth = <br /> | res_max_length =<br /> | res_max_width =<br /> | plant_hydraulic_head = <br /> | res_tidal_range = <br /> | plant_operator = <br /> | plant_commission = <br /> | plant_decommission = <br /> | plant_type = <br /> | plant_turbines = <br /> | plant_capacity = <br /> | plant_annual_gen = <br /> | website = <br /> | extra = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Damsal Dam&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[earth-fill dam]] in Mehingrowal of [[Hoshiarpur]] district, northern [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;Page 505, Biodiversity in the Shivalik ecosystem of Punjab, Punjab State Council for Science &amp; Technology, Neelima Jerath, Puja, Jatinder Chadha, Zoological Survey of India (Solan, India), India. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Punjab (India). Dept. of Science, Technology, and Environment, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1 January 2006&lt;/ref&gt; It is on the seasonal Damsal River and primarily serves for [[flood control]] and [[irrigation]] in the area. The dam is maintained by Kandi Area Dam Maintenance Division, Hoshiarpur.<br /> <br /> The dam and reservoir are also called the Mehingrowal watershed and is situated about 20&amp;nbsp;km from Hoshiarpur town. It had construction cost of Rs. 1203.88 lacs; with a height {{Convert|26.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It provides irrigation to {{Convert|1920|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and has saved {{Convert|2400|ha|acre|abbr=on}} of land from floods.&lt;ref&gt;Retrieved from Official Government website: [http://hoshiarpur.nic.in/html/developement_stories.htm hoshiarpur.nic.in]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Dams in Punjab, India]]<br /> [[Category:Dams completed in 2001]]<br /> [[Category:Earth-filled dams]]<br /> [[Category:2001 establishments in Punjab, India]]<br /> [[Category:Hoshiarpur district]]</div>

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