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{{Infobox dam
| name = Kadra Dam
| image =
| image_caption =
| name_official = Kadra Dam
| dam_crosses = Kali River
| location = [[Uttara Kannada]], [[India]]
| dam_type = Earthen/ Gravity & Masonry

| dam_length = {{convert|2313|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{convert|40.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base = {{convert|625|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_crest = {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| spillway_type = Controlled, overflow

| construction_began =
| opening = 1997
| cost =
| owner =
| res_name = [[Gobindsagar Reservoir]]
| res_capacity_total = 209 million m^3
| res_catchment =
| res_surface =
| res_max_depth =
| plant_operator =
| plant_turbines =
| plant_capacity = 150 [[megawatt|MW]]
| plant_annual_gen =
| plant_commission =
| plant_decommission =
| location_map =India
| location_map_caption = Kadra Dam in [[Uttara Kannada]], [[India]]
| coordinates =
{{coord|14|53|57|N|74|21|19|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| website = http://www.karnatakapower.com/
| extra =
}}

'''Kadra Dam''' is situated in [[Uttara Kannada]] district of [[Karnataka]] state in [[India]].
<ref name=kadra-dam.html>{{cite web | url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/dams/kadra-dam.html | title=kadra-dam.html | publisher="www.mapsofindia.com" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>
The dam is constructed across river [[Kalinadi]]. The dam was primarily built as [[hydroelectric]] project for supply of [[water]] to [[turbines]] of [[electric]] power generating station.<ref name=kadra-dam>{{cite web | url=https://www.trawell.in/karnataka/karwar/kadra-dam | title=kadra-dam | publisher="www.trawell.in" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref> The [[project]] started generating power since 1997. The Dam was built and is operated by [[Karnataka Power Corporation Limited|KPCL]] since the year 1997.
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://karnatakapower.com/en/portfolio/kadra-dam-power-house/ | title=kadra-dam-power-house | publisher="karnatakapower.com" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311034745/http://www.npcil.nic.in/nupower_vol13_2/kdo.htm Kadra]

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[[Category:Dams in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Uttara Kannada district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Uttara Kannada district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1997]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Karnataka]]

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Kadra Dam - Revision history

>BrownHairedGirl at 22:35, 25 March 2021