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Pathrala barrage

Dam in Yamunanagar district, Haryana

30°12′56″N 77°23′39″E / 30.21556°N 77.39417°E / 30.21556; 77.39417StatusOperationalConstruction began1875Opening date1876; 148 years ago (1876)Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, earth-fillImpoundsSomb river and Western Yamuna CanalHeight34 m (112 ft)Length460 m (1,510 ft)

Pathrala Barrage (Hindi: पथराला बांध) is a barrage across the Somb river, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India.^[1]

History

The Western Yamuna Canal, built in 1335 CE by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, excessive silting caused it to stop flowing in 1750 CE, British raj undertook a three-year renovation in 1817 by Bengal Engineer Group, in 1832-33 Tajewala Barrage dam at Yaumna was built to regulate the flow of water, in 1875-76 Pathrala barrage at Dadupur and Somb river dam downstream of canal were built, in 1889-95 the largest branch of the canal Sirsa branch was constructed, the modern Hathni Kund Barrage was built in 1999 to handle the problem of silting to replace the older Tajewala Barrage.^[2]

The Western Yamuna Canal begins at the Hathnikund Barrage about 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Dakpathar and south of Doon Valley. The canals irrigate vast tracts of land in the region in Ambala district, Karnal district, Sonepat district, Rohtak district, Jind district, Hisar district and Bhiwani district.^[2]

References

^ Haberman, David L. (2006). River of love in an age of pollution: the Yamuna River of northern India. University of California Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-520-24789-5. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Western Yamuna Canal Project". Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2016.