Dham Dam

Dham Dam, is an earthfill dam on Dham river near Arvi, Wardha district in state of Maharashtra in India.

Specifications
The reservoir shape resembles the shape of an imaginary dragon or a peacock shape in bird's eye view. It is a spillway type dam without the gates. The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 33.35 m while the length is 1728 m. The volume content is 2737 km3 and gross storage capacity is 72460.00 km3.

Purpose

 * Irrigation