Bargi Dam Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Central Water commission,National Register of large dams, Dams of national importance, sl.no 32
  2. Web site: NIH Bargi Dam. 15 September 2021.