Palashi Dam | |
Name Official: | Palashi Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Palashi River |
Location: | Palashi, Parner India |
Dam Type: | Earth-fill (Earthen) |
Dam Length: | 660m (2,170feet) |
Dam Height: | 14.03m (46.03feet) |
Opening: | 1979 |
Res Name: | Palashi lake |
Owner: | Government of Maharashtra, India |
Res Capacity Total: | 860km3 |
Res Surface: | 28km2 |
Location Map: | India Maharashtra |
Coordinates: | 19.2619°N 74.41°W |
Palashi Dam (Marathi: पळशी धरण), is an earth-fill dam on Palashi river in Palashi village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra in India.
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 14.03m (46.03feet) while the length is 660m (2,170feet). The gross storage capacity is 1060km3.[1]
It was designed and built to provide irrigation for farms and drinking water for the nearest villages.