Bargi dam

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Bargi Dam
Bargi Dam and Reservoir
Reservoir of the Bargi dam
Reservoir of the Bargi dam
Location: Bargi, Jabalpur District , Madhya Pradesh
Tributaries: Narmada
Drain: Narmada
Bargi Dam (India)
Bargi dam
Coordinates 22 ° 56 '30 "  N , 79 ° 55' 30"  E Coordinates: 22 ° 56 '30 "  N , 79 ° 55' 30"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type: Gravity dam
Construction time: 1974-1990
Height of the barrier structure : 69.80 m
Crown length: 5 357  m
Power plant output: 90 MW
Operator: Narmada Valley Development Department, Madhya Pradesh
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 422.76  m
Water surface 267.97 km²
Reservoir length 75 km
Reservoir width 4.5 km

The Bargi Dam is one of the first completed dams in a chain of 30 larger dams to be built on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh , India. Two major irrigation projects named Bargi Diversion Project and Rani Avantibai Lodhi Sagar Project already exist.

The dam is 69 m high and 5357 m long. The reservoir is approx. 75 km long and 4.5 km wide and extends over 268 km² in the districts of Jabalpur , Mandla and Seoni when full .

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