Ujani Dam & Reservoir

India / Maharashtra / Kalas /
 lake, reservoir
Ujani dam is built on Bhima River (a tributary of Krishna) in Maharashtra state in India. Ujani dam is located in Village Ujjani in Madha Taluka (Solapur District).

It has a reservoir capacity of 1517 Giga Litres (GL). So it is one of the biggest reservoirs in the region supplying water for drinking and irrigation in the Solapur district (Maharashtra) and Bijapur district (Karnataka).

It is the third largest reservoir in Maharashtra after Koyna (2800 GL, on Koyna - Krishna) and Jayakwadi (2171 GL, on Godavari)
Constructed in June 1980 on Bhima river
Gross Storage: 110 TMC
Live Storage: 55 TMC
Area at FRL: 32500 ha (about)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujani_dam
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   18°12'40"N   74°58'40"E

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