Chandrabhaga Dam and Reservoir.

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चंद्रभागा तलाव
Chandrabhaga Jalashay, Near Chargaon, Dorli(bhi.) and Pardi(deshmukh)

Information about Chandrabhaga Dam Irrigation Project.
Official Designation of Chandrabhaga Dam Irrigation Project is " Chandrabhaga ,D 01360 " . However local and popular name is " Chandrabhaga Lake / Chandrabhaga Talav ". Chandrabhaga Dam was constructed as part of irrigation projects by Government of Maharashtra in the year 1973. It is built on Chandrabhaga River. Nearest city to dam is Kalmeshwar in Nagpur District of Maharashtra . The dam is an Earth fill Dam .The Length of dam is 2194 m ( 7198.163 ft ) , while the Height of the dam above lowest foundation is 21.1 m ( 69.225 feet ) . Project has a Spillway of Ogee type.Length of the spillway is not known.Dam has catchment area of 4.845 thousand hectors. Maximum / Gross storage capacity is 8.886 MCM. Live storage capacity is 8.015 MCM. Now a days almost all the water bodies make for good picnic spots. Urkundapar Lake is also a popular Tourist attraction for its scenic beauty
Incidently there are three more Dam Projects in India with the same name ,second near Amravati Project no D 03111, third in Rajasthan Project no D 00103 and the forth in Gujrat Project no D 05169.

चंद्रभागा तलाव ,Chandrabhaga Lake, Chargaon, Dorli, Nagpur
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Coordinates:   21°16'11"N   78°45'36"E

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