Barna Dam
The Barna Dam is a gravity dam on the Barna River in Badi tahsil Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Barna river is a major tributary of the Narmada River. It is about 100 km (62 mi) east of Bhopal.[1] Dam was constructed by Madhaya Pradesh Water Resource Department. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation and it was completed in 1978.[2]
| Barna Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Barna Dam in India | |
| Country | India |
| Location | Bari tahsil in Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 23°03′04.91″N 078°03′45.13″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1978 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity |
| Impounds | Barna River |
| Height | 47.7 m (156 ft) |
| Length | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| Elevation at crest | 352.7 m (1,157 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 539,000,000 m3 (437,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Active capacity | 455,800,000 m3 (369,500 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 1,176 km2 (454 sq mi) |
References
- "Barna Water Resource Project of Madhya Pradesh, India : An Environmental Impact Assessment" (PDF). AJES. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- Singh, Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. (2007). Hydrology and water resources of India. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 551–552. ISBN 978-1402051807.
Barnana Dam was built in 1978, but a drawback was left when it was built, the Trunnion Bridge was not built on this dame to inspect the radial gates of this dame. And building a Trunnion bridge over this dame was a very challenging and impossible task. Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Department invited tenders for construction of this bridge many times, but no party came forward to build this bridge, then in Financial year 2013-2014, Water Resource Department invited tender for our company S.S.Q. for Ali engineering's works Tender passed. Then our company took up this challenging task and the employees of Dame also fully supported. I was posted on the site engineer's post at that time on behalf of the company, our bosses Mr. Asif Ali and Mr. Amarjeet Singh Ji and our team accomplished this task with great effort Dame officer SDO Mr. Dixit Sir and Thomas Sir & Supervisor Mr. Saeed Khan Ji fully supported.