Bargi Dam | |
Location: | Bargi, Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh |
Status: | Operational |
Construction Began: | 1975 |
Opening: | 1988 |
Owner: | Government of Madhya Pradesh |
Operator: | Narmada Valley Development Department (NVDD), Water Resources Department Madhya Pradesh (MPWRD) |
Dam Type: | Gravity dam |
Dam Crosses: | Narmada River |
Dam Height: | 69.8m (229feet)[1] |
Dam Length: | 5357m (17,575feet) |
Spillway Count: | 21 Radial Gates of size 13.71 m (l) * 15.25 m (h) |
Spillway Type: | Ogee |
Spillway Capacity: | 45296m3/s |
Res Name: | Bargi Dam Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 3920000000lk=outNaNlk=out (138.45 tmc ft) |
Res Capacity Active: | 3180000000lk=outNaNlk=out (112.32 tmc ft) |
Res Capacity Inactive: | 740000000lk=outNaNlk=out (26.14 tmc ft) |
Res Catchment: | 14556km2 |
Res Surface: | 267.97km2 |
Res Max Length: | 75km (47miles) |
Res Max Width: | 4.5km (02.8miles) |
Res Elevation: | 422.76m (1,387.01feet) |
Plant Operator: | MPPGCL |
Plant Turbines: | Dam: 2 × 45 MW Francis turbine Canal: 2 × 7.5 MW Kaplan-type |
Plant Capacity: | 105 MW |
Bargi Dam is one of the first completed dams out of the chain of 30 major dams to be constructed on Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It has 21 gates. Two major irrigation projects, named Bargi Diversion Project and Rani Avantibai Lodhi Sagar Project, have been developed by the Bargi Dam administration.[2]