Status Operational Construction began 1958 | Opening date 1965 | |
Official name Dantiwada Water Resources Project Purpose Irrigation & water supply Similar Dharoi dam, Kolkewadi Dam, Basava Sagara, Kodasalli Dam, Ukai Dam | ||
Dantiwada dam overflow due to heavy rain at gujarat
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.
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111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include 1,215 hectares (3,000 acres; 4.69 sq mi) forest land, 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi) wasteland, 2,025 hectares (5,000 acres; 7.82 sq mi) cultivable land.
It irrigated 50,284 hectares (124,250 acres; 194.15 sq mi) in 1994-95.
The Dantiwada Dam failed in 1973, 8 years after it was constructed.
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.
Dantiwada dam
