Tajewala Barrage Explained

Tajewala Barrage
Name Official:Tajewala Barrage
Location Map:India
Coordinates:30.525°N 77.9808°W
Country:India
Location:Yamunanagar district, Haryana
Status:O
Construction Began:1873
Dam Type:Embankment, earth-fill
Dam Crosses:Yamuna
Dam Length:360m (1,180feet)
Dam Height:27.73m (90.98feet)

Tajewala Barrage is a now decommissioned but existing old barrage across the Yamuna River, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India. Completed in 1873, it regulated the flow of the Yamuna for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana through two canals originating at this place namely Western Yamuna Canal and Eastern Yamuna Canal,[1] as well as the municipal water supply to Delhi.

Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage

In 1999, the Hathnikund Barrage was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Haberman, David L.. River of love in an age of pollution: the Yamuna River of northern India. 2 June 2011. 2006. University of California Press. 978-0-520-24789-5. 78.
  2. Tak. Prakash C.. Jagdish P. Sati. Anjum N. Rizvi. Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India. April 2010. 2. 4. 841. 10 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317104520/http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/April/o220026iv10841-844.pdf. 17 March 2012. dmy-all.