Barvi Dam is an
earthfill dam on the Barvi River near
Badlapur
Badlapur (Pronunciation: ədləpʊr is a city located in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India, and forms part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Situated along the banks of the Ulhas River, Badlapur is approximately 40 km from Thane and ...
,
Thane district
Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a districts of Maharashtra, district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the c ...
, in the state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
in
India
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.
Specifications
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is while the length is with a spillway capacity of 1585 m³/s. The live storage capacity of the dam is 176.94 Mcm(million cubic meters)
[Central Water commission, New Delhi, National Register of large dams(NRLD)(2014),Project Identification Code:MH09HH0738] The dam is primarily used for drinking water needs of Thane district and Navi Mumbai.
References
Dams in Thane district
Dams completed in 1978
1978 establishments in Maharashtra
20th-century architecture in India
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