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| name = Lower Vaitarna Dam<br />
| image = Vaitarna.JPG<br />
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| name_official = Vaitarna Dam / Modaksagar Dam<br />
| dam_crosses = [[Vaitarna river]]<br />
| location = [[Palghar]] [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| dam_type = [[Gravity dams|Gravity]]<br />
| dam_length = {{convert|567.07|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_height = {{convert|82|m|abbr=on}}<br />
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| opening = 1957<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Vaitarna_/_Modaksagar_D05130 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412235204/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Vaitarna_/_Modaksagar_D05130 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 12, 2013 | title=Vaitarna / Modaksagar D05130 | access-date=March 15, 2013 }}</ref><br />
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| owner = [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
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| res_capacity_total = {{convert|174790000|m3|abbr=on}}<br />
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| res_surface = {{convert|8.39|km2|abbr=on}}<br />
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| location_map = India Maharashtra<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|19.670841|73.2905592|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Lower Vaitarna Dam''', also called '''Modaksagar Dam''', is a [[Gravity dam]] on [[Vaitarna river]] which supplies water to [[Palghar]] and [[Mumbai]], but is located in [[Palghar]] & [[Nashik district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. It was opened in 1957.<br />
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==Specifications==<br />
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|82|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|567.07|m|abbr=on}}. The gross storage capacity is {{convert|204980.00|m3|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=2011-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Purpose==<br />
* Water supply<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Middle Vaitarna Dam]]<br />
* [[Upper Vaitarna Dam]]<br />
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Vaitarna Dam}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Nashik district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Bombay State]]</div>
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