Manar Dam, is an earthfill dam on the Manar River at village Warwant near Barul Tal.Kandhar, Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra in India.

Manar Dam
Location of Manar Dam in Maharashtra
Official name	Manar Dam D01052
Location	Warwant, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded
Coordinates	18.8381384°N 77.31662°E / 18.8381384; 77.31662
Opening date	1968[1]
Owner(s)	Government of Maharashtra, India
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earthfill
Impounds	Manar River
Height	27 m (89 ft)
Length	2,592 m (8,504 ft)
Dam volume	1,557 km3 (374 cu mi)
Reservoir
Total capacity	128,700 km3 (30,900 cu mi)
Surface area	2,559 km2 (988 sq mi)

Manar Project is situated at village Barul which is, 51.92 km. (32 miles) distant from the district headquarters. An approach road of 25.76 km (16 miles) in length has been constructed from Soankhed on Nanded-Latur road connecting the dam site.[2]

The earthen dam has been put across the Manar. The maximum height of the dam is 26.84 metres, (88') and the length is 1,859.28 metres (6,100').^{[citation needed]}

The left bank canal is 72.420 km (45 miles) in length with carrying capacity of 590 cusecs. The right bank canal, with a carrying capacity of 42 cusecs is, 19.312 km (12 miles) in length. The waste weir on the right bank has a total length of 731.52 metres (2,400').[3] The project will facilitate irrigation of 26,708.88 hectares (66,000 acres) of land. The construction work was started in 1960 and was scheduled to be completed in two phases by the end of the Third Five-Year Plan at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,26,69,400.^{[citation needed]}

Specifications

The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 27 m (89 ft) while the length is 2,592 m (8,504 ft). The volume content is 1,557 km³ (374 cu mi) and gross storage capacity is 139,000.00 km³ (33,347.87 cu mi).[4]

Purpose

• Irrigation
• Small scale fishing

See also

• Dams in Maharashtra
• List of reservoirs and dams in India

References