Tajewala Barrage

Dam in Yamunanagar district, Haryana

30°31′30″N 77°58′51″E / 30.52500°N 77.98083°E / 30.52500; 77.98083StatusO^{[clarification needed]}Construction began1873Opening date1873; 151 years ago (1873)Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, earth-fillImpoundsYamunaHeight27.73 m (91.0 ft)Length360 m (1,180 ft)

Tajewala Barrage is a now decommissioned but existing old barrage across the Yamuna River, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India. Completed in 1873, it regulated the flow of the Yamuna for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana through two canals originating at this place namely Western Yamuna Canal and Eastern Yamuna Canal,^[1] as well as the municipal water supply to Delhi.

Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage

In 1999, the Hathnikund Barrage was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service.^[2]

External links

Pollution in Yamuna river Archived 13 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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.
^ Tak, Prakash C.; Jagdish P. Sati; Anjum N. Rizvi (April 2010). "Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India" (PDF). 2 (4): 841. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)