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Information about Kamthikhairy (Pench) Irrigation Project.
Name in the National Register of Dams is Kamthikhairy Dam and, Official Designation of Kamthikhairy (Pench) Dam Irrigation Project is " Kamthikhairy (Pench) Dam , D - 01100 " . However local and popular name is " Pench Dam , Pench Lake / Pench Talav ". Here Local popular name will be used . Pench Irrigation Project is constructed as part of irrigation project by the Government of Maharashtra. It was completed in 1976.It is built on Pench River near city of Parsivini in Nagpur District of Maharashtra . The dam is an Earth fill dam .The length of dam is 2248 m ( 7375.33 ft ) , while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is 32 m ( 105.0 feet ) . Project has Ogee type of spillway . Length of the spillway is 237 m ( 777.56 Feet ). The Dam has 16 Radial type of spill gates . The Dam's catchment area is 466.1 Thousand Hectors . Maximum / Gross storage capacity is 230 MCM. Live storage capacity is 180.00 MCM. Almost all the water bodies make for good picnic spots and so does this place.Location in famous Trger Reserve is added attraction.