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Damsal Dam is an earth-fill dam in Mehingrowal of Hoshiarpur district, northern India.[1] It is on the seasonal Damsal River and primarily serves for flood control and irrigation in the area. The dam is maintained by Kandi Area Dam Maintenance Division, Hoshiarpur.
The dam and reservoir are also called the Mehingrowal watershed and is situated about 20 km from Hoshiarpur town. It had construction cost of Rs. 1203.88 lacs; with a height Template:Convert. It provides irrigation to Template:Convert and has saved Template:Convert of land from floods.[2]
References
- ↑ Page 505, Biodiversity in the Shivalik ecosystem of Punjab, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Neelima Jerath, Puja, Jatinder Chadha, Zoological Survey of India (Solan, India), India. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Punjab (India). Dept. of Science, Technology, and Environment, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1 January 2006
- ↑ Retrieved from Official Government website: hoshiarpur.nic.in