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Lower Pus Dam

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Lower Pus Dam
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Official nameLower Pus Dam D02869
LocationMahagaon
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Opening date1983[1]
OwnersGovernment of Maharashtra, India
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarthfill
ImpoundsPus River
Height28 m (92 ft)
Length3,346 m (10,978 ft)
Dam volume6,167 km3 (1,480 cu mi)
Reservoir
Total capacity59,630 km3 (14,310 cu mi)
Surface area15,890 km2 (6,140 sq mi)

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Lower Pus Dam, 25 km southeast of Pusad city, is an earthfill dam on Pus river near Mahagaon in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra state of India. There is another downstream dam 25 km northwest of Pusad city called Upper Pus Dam which was built in 1971.[2][3] Other nearby dams are Arunawati Dam (40 km north of Pusad) in Digras built in 1994 and Isapur Dam (30 km southwest of Pusad) built in 1982.[4][5][6]

Pus river originates in Ajantha range. It flows through Pusad, converges with Penganga River [7] near Mahur in Nanded district of Maharashtra. Penganga River flows into Wardha River,[7] which in turn into Pranhita River,[7] and Pranhita in turn flows in to Godavari River[7] which end in the Bay of Bengal just east of Rajahmundry in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Hydrology

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Dam details

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Specifications

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The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 28 m (92 ft) while the length is 3,346 m (10,978 ft). The volume content is 6,167 km3 (1,480 cu mi) and gross storage capacity is 81,160.00 km3 (19,471.32 cu mi).[8]

Purpose

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  • Irrigation

See also

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References

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  4. ^ Specifications of large dams in India Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  6. ^ Specifications of large dams in India Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b c d Penganga river, telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019.
  8. ^ Specifications of large dams in India Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine