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{{Infobox dam
| name = Dholidhaja Dam
| name_official = Bhogavo-II (Wadhowan) Dam
| image = Dholi Dhaja Dam Gate - panoramio.jpg
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| image_caption = Dholi Dhaja Dam Gate
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| coordinates = {{coord|22|42|50|N|71|34|20|E|display=inline}}
| country = India
| location = Surendranagar, Gujarat
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| opening = 1959<ref name="wris">{{cite web |title=Bhogavo-II (Wadhowan) Dam D01482 |url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Bhogavo-II(Wadhowan)_Dam_D01482 |publisher=India-WRIS |accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref>
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'''Dholi Dhaja (White Flag) Dam''' across the [[Bhogavo River]] is located near [[Surendranagar city]] and in the urban area of [[Surendranagar Dudhrej|Surendranagar Dudhrej Municipality]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].

==Purpose==
It provides drinking and utility water to 300,000 to 400,000 people of Surendranagar, [[Wadhwan]], Joravarnagar and Ratanpar.<ref name=a>{{cite news | title=Narmada water released into Dholi Dhaja dam in Surendranagar | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Narmada-water-released-into-Dholi-Dhaja-dam-in-Surendranagar/articleshow/14353904.cms | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 June 2012 | agency=TNN | accessdate=2013-05-14 | location=Rajkot}}</ref>

==Tourism==
On 26 January 2010, [[Narendra Modi]], then Chief Minister of Gujarat, announced that Dholidhaja Dam will be developed as a tourist destination.{{CN|date=December 2018}}

60,000 trees have been planted near the dam.

It has developed into a very good picnic spot.

==Transport==
It is located in the west of Surendranagar. Dholidhaja Dam can be reached via Muli Highway or via Dalmill-Khamisana Road.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Hydrography of Gujarat}}

[[Category:Dams in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Surendranagar]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1959]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Bombay State]]

{{India-dam-stub}}

Dholidhaja Dam - Revision history

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