Haralkhed Reservoir, Dam and Spillway

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Information about Haralkhed Reservoir and Spillway.
Haralkhed Reservoir was created as a result of construction of Haralkhed Dam of Haralkhed Irrigation Project . Official Designation of the The Project is " Haralkhed D - 03938" . Locally this is also known as " Haralkhed Talav " or " Haralkhed Lake" . Haralkhed Project was constructed as part of irrigation projects by the Government of Maharashtra in the year 1994 . Nearest city to dam is Chikhali and the Dam is situated in Chikhali Taluka of Buldana District of Maharashtra . Haralkhed Project is built on and impounds a Local Nallah. The dam is earth fill gravity dam. The purpose of the dam and project is Irrigation . The length of the Dam is 250 m ( 820.21 Feet ) . while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is 20.01 m ( 65.64 Feet ) . Information about dam spillway is not known. Length of the spillway is not known . However measured length of the spill way is 52 Mtrs ( 171 Feet ).Spillway is not in good condition but appears to be of other type and ungated. Catchment area of Haralkhed Reservoir is not known. . Maximum / Gross storage capacity of Haralkhed Reservoir is 1.86 MCM. Live storage capacity is not known . Now a days almost all the water bodies make for good picnic spots Haralkhed lake is also a popular Tourist attraction for its scenic beauty .
( Note : Polygon area corresponds to Maximum / Full Reservoir Level. )