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{{Infobox dam
| name = Manar Dam
| image =
| image_caption =
| name_official = Manar Dam D01052
| dam_crosses = Manar River
| location = Barul, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]
| dam_length = {{convert|2592|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base =
| dam_width_crest =
| dam_volume = {{convert|1557|km3|abbr=on}}
| spillway_type =
| spillway_capacity =
| construction_began =
| opening = 1968<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Manar_D01052 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225834/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Manar_D01052 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Manar D01052 | accessdate=14 March 2013 }}</ref>
| cost =
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| res_name =
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|128700|km3|abbr=on}}
| res_catchment =
| res_surface = {{convert|2559|km2|abbr=on}}
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| location_map = India Maharashtra
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.8381384|77.31662|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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'''Manar Dam''', is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earthfill]] dam on the Manar River at village Barul near Kandhar, [[Nanded district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]].

Manar Project is situated at village Barul which is, 51.92 km. (32 miles) distant from the district headquarters. An approach road of 25.76 km (16 miles) in length has been constructed from Soankhed on Nanded-Latur road connecting the dam site.<ref>[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tgkS7mdw3sQ/Uxk5QzfdfeI/AAAAAAAAAOA/q_Wsx3BEzaQ/w506-h332/Barul.jpg Image Manar Dam]</ref>

The earthen dam has been put across the Manar. The maximum height of the dam is 26.84 metres, (88') and the length is 1,859.28 metres (6,100').{{cn|date=August 2021}}

The left bank canal is 72.420 km (45 miles) in length with carrying capacity of 590 cusecs. The right bank canal, with a carrying capacity of 42 cusecs is, 19.312 km (12 miles) in length. The waste weir on the right bank has a total length of 731.52 metres (2,400').<ref>[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/places.html Nanded Gazetteer]</ref> The project will facilitate irrigation of 26,708.88 hectares (66,000 acres) of land. The construction work was started in 1960 and was scheduled to be completed in two phases by the end of the Third Five-Year Plan at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,26,69,400.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

==Specifications==
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|2592|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|1557|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|139000.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Purpose==
* Irrigation
* Small scale fishing

==See also==
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Dams in Nanded district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1968]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in Maharashtra]]

Manar Dam - Revision history

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