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{{see also|Hathni Kund}}
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[[File:Hanthnikund Barrage.jpg|thumb]]
The '''Hathni Kund''' is a concrete [[barrage (dam)|barrage]] located on the [[Yamuna River]] in [[Yamuna Nagar district]] of [[Haryana]] state, [[India]]. It was constructed between October 1996 and June 1999 for the purpose of irrigation. It replaced the [[Tajewala Barrage]] {{Convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} downstream which was constructed in 1873 and is now out of service. The barrage diverts water into the [[Yamuna#Western Yamuna Canal|Western]] and Eastern Yamuna Canals. The small reservoir created by the barrage also serves as a wetland for 31 species of waterbird.<ref name=hath1>{{cite journal|last=Tak|first=Prakash C.|author2=Jagdish P. Sati|author3=Anjum N. Rizvi|title=Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India|date=April 2010|volume=2|issue=4|pages=841|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/April/o220026iv10841-844.pdf|access-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317104520/http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/April/o220026iv10841-844.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Plans to replace the Tajewala Barrage had been in the works since the early 1970s but an agreement between the governments of Haryana and [[Himachal Pradesh]] (which share the water it diverts) was not made until July 1994.<ref name=hath2>{{cite web|title=Hathnikund Barrage completion by April .'99|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980505/12551514.html|publisher=Express News Service|access-date=10 July 2011}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Although the barrage was completed in late 1999, it was not operational until March 2002 because of work delays.<ref name=hath3>{{cite web|title=Conclusions|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/sereport/ser/wjc/wjc_ch5.pdf|publisher=Indian Planning Commission|access-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> The barrage is {{Convert|360|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long and its [[spillway]] is composed of ten main [[floodgate]]s along with five undersluices on its right side and three on its left. The maximum discharge of the barrage is {{Convert|28200|m3/s|ft3/s|0|abbr=on}} (1 in 500 year flood).<ref name=hath4>{{cite web|title=Baseline Parameters of JWC|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/sereport/ser/wjc/wjc_ch3.pdf|publisher=Indian Planning Commission|access-date=10 July 2011|page=31}}</ref>

Due to this barrage, 90% of the river volume is diverted leaving only 10% in the original bed flow.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Bidisha|last2= James |first2=George |title=Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online |publisher=Brill |year=2018 |editor-last=Jacobsen |editor-first=Knut A. |chapter=Yamunā |editor-last2=Basu |editor-first2=Helene |editor-last3=Malinar |editor-first3=Angelika |editor-last4=Narayanan |editor-first4=Vasudha}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Gurugram Bhim Kund]] (Hindi: गुरुग्राम भीम कुंड), also known as ''Pinchokhda Jhod'' (Hindi: पिंचोखड़ा जोहड़)
* [[Dakpathar Barrage]]
* [[Kaushalya Dam]] barrage in [[Pinjore]]
* [[Bhakra Dam]] barrage
* [[Tajewala Barrage]]
* [[Okhla Sanctuary|Okhla Barrage]] - [[Yamuna#Western Yamuna Canal|Western Yamuna Canal]] begins here
* [[Surajkund]] barrage
* [[List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India]]
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in India#Haryana|List of dams and reservoirs in Haryana]]
* [[Western Jamuna Canal Link]]
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==References==
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{{Hydrography of Haryana}}

[[Category:Dams in Haryana]]
[[Category:Yamunanagar district]]
[[Category:Barrages in India]]
[[Category:Dams on the Yamuna River]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Haryana]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]

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