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To meet the consumptive water requirement for the 1000 MW thermal power plant, a dam has been constructed about 25 km away on the River Kurket.

Highlights
 
  • Catchment area: 783 sq km
  • Submergence area: 681 ha
  • Top level of dam: RL 261.50 m
  • Maximum height of spillway: 18 m
  • Length of right dyke: 1133 m
  • Length of main earth dam: 244.25 m
  • Length of spillway: 144.75 m
  • Length of left dyke: 210 m
  • Total gates in spillway: 10 nos.
  • Size of spillway gates: 12 m x 8.5 m
  • Size of pump house: 13.5 m x 19.5 m
  • Reservoir capacity: 35.687 m. cu.m
  • No. of pumps: 3 nos
  • Capacity of each pump: 4000 cu.m/hr)