Mansi Wakal Dam | |
Location Map: | India Rajasthan#India |
Coordinates: | 24.4765°N 73.4879°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Jhadol tehsil, Rajasthan |
Construction Began: | 2000[1] |
Opening: | 2005 |
Dam Crosses: | Mansi River |
Res Capacity Active: | 244000000NaN0[2] |
Mansi Wakal is a dam on the Mansi River in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India.
Located approximately 7 kilometres north of the village of Jhadol,[3] the dam forms a reservoir which can hold about 24.4 million cubic metres of water. The reservoir primarily provides drinking water to the city of Udaipur,[4] accounting for 23% of the city's drinking water supply.[5] Additionally, the reservoir supplies drinking water to rural areas of Udaipur district and water for industrial uses to Hindustan Zinc.[6]
Mansi Wakal dam is part of an inter-basin transfer scheme called 'Mansi Wakal I' under which water is transferred from the Sabarmati basin to the Bherach basin.[7] The dam was constructed between 2000-2005 by the Government of Rajasthan at a cost of [8] with monetary contributions from Hindustan Zinc in the ratio of 70:30. Some local groups opposed the construction of the dam.[9] [10]