Borgaon Manju Reservoir

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Information about Borgaon Manju Reservoir and Spillway.
Borgaon Manju Reservoir was created as a result of construction of Borgaon Manju Dam of Borgaon Manju irrigation Project . Official Designation of the The Project is " Borgaon Manju D - 034921" . Locally this is also known as " Borgaon Talav " or " Borgaon Lake" . Project was constructed as part of irrigation projects by the Government of Maharashtra in the year 1976 and impounds a Local nallah . Nearest city to dam is Akola and the Dam is situated in Akola taluka of Akola District of Maharashtra . The Dam is an Earth-fill Gravity Dam . Purpose of the Project is for irrigation . Length of the dam is 578 m ( 1896 Feet ) . while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is 14.5 m ( 48 Feet ) .Information on Spillway is not available . Spillway length is not known . However measured length of the spillway is 105 m ( 345 Feet ) .Spillway is now in damaged condition , but appears to be of other type and is not gated. Catchment area of Borgaon Manju Reservoir is not known . Maximum / Gross storage capacity of Borgaon Manju Reservoir is 1.143 MCM . Live storage capacity is 1.104 MCM . Now a days almost all the water bodies make for good picnic spots Borgaon Manju Reservoir / lake is also a popular Tourist attraction for its scenic beauty .
( Note : Polygon area corresponds to Maximum / Full Reservoir Level. )

Machhi Talav( FISH POND )
LOCAL GRAM PANCHAYAT MADE IT FOR THE WATER SUPPLY OF FARMERS BY DEFORESTATION OF NEARER JUNGLE IN EARLY 1955.EDITED BY Ravi Vinayak Ingle, Department of Physics, Pune University