Template:Infobox dam The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control.
111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include Template:Convert forest land, Template:Convert wasteland, Template:Convert cultivable land.[1]
It irrigated Template:Convert in 1994–95.[1]
The Dantiwada Dam failed in 1973, 8 years after it was constructed.[2]
On April 10, 2015, Gujarat Chief Minister dedicated Rs. 110 crore to the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of 3 talukas.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dantiwada Water Resources Project. Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department (Water Resources Division).
- ↑ Embankment Dam Failure: A Downstream Flood Hazard Assessment
- ↑ Golden day for Banaskantha: Rs. 500 crore water supply projects inaugurated. Deshgujarat.com.