Shivanijat Reservoir

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Information about Shivanijat Reservoir.
Shivanijat Reservoir was created as a result of construction of Shivanijat Dam of Shivanijat Irrigation Project . Official Designation of the The Project is " Shivanijat D - 0 4837" . Shivanijat Reservoir is locally also known as " Shivanijat Lake" / " Shivanijat Talav" . Shivanijat Peoject was constructed as part of irrigation projects by Government of Maharashtra in the year 1973. Nearest city to dam is Lonar and the Dam is situated in Lonar Taluka of Buldana District of Maharashtra . Gandhari Project is built on and impounds a Local Nallah .The Project Dam is an Earth-fill Gravity Dam . Purpose of the Project is for irrigation . The length of the dam is 570 m ( 1870.08 Feet ) while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is 15.9 m ( 52.16 Feet ) . Detailed information about project spillway is not available . Project Spillway length is not known . Whatever is left of what was once a Spillway , is in a bad condition being eroded and partly washed away
Catchment area of Gandhari Reservoir is not known . Maximum / Gross storage capacity oh Gandhari Reservoir is 1.48 MCM . Live storage capacity is 1.38 MCM . Now a days almost all the water bodies make for good picnic spots Ganfhari lake is also a popular Tourist attraction for its scenic beauty .