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Dams in Akola District.
Statewise list of Dams in India is given in National Register of Large Dams available at this web site ..List of dams and Reservoirs for the State of Maharashtra is given here Similar information is available at other websites.However a consolidated list of Dams and Reservoirs at District level is not available. The Table on this page gives list of Dams and Reservoirs in Akola District of Maharashtra State.Information on Name of the Dam/Reservoir, Nearest city and District Taluka is given in the table. Information given in this table has been obtained/collated from this source. Latitude Longitude link in the "Location in wikimaps" will lead to Dam/Reservoir location on Wikimaps where salient features of the Dam/Reservoir are also available.Same Latitude and Longitude can be used to go to Dam location in Google Maps.

Wan Dam was created for  Wan   irrigation Project. Official Designation of the The Project  is   " Wan D - 03007". Locally this is also known as " Wan    Talav " or  " Wan   Lake". Project was constructed as part of  irrigation projects by the Government of Maharashtra in the year 2000  and impounds  Wan  River. Nearest city to dam is Akola and the Dam is situated  in  Telhara Taluka of  Akola  District of  Maharashtra. The dam is earth fill gravity + Masonry  dam. The purpose of the dam and project is Irrigation, Hydroelectricity and drinking water supply. The dam is  divided in two portions by the Spillway. The measured length of portion on Left ( Western Side )  of the spillway   is 144 m ( 473 Feet )  +  measured length of  the  portion  Right  (  Eastern Side  ) of the spillway is  269 m ( 883 Feet ). The Total length of the Dam, including the Spillway  is  500  m (  1641 Feet  ). while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is   67.65  m ( 222 Feet ). The spillway length is 87 m ( 286 Feet ). Spillway is of Ogee  Type and the spillway has SIX Radial type of spillway gates. Catchment area of Wan  Reservoir is 27.894 Thousand Hectors. Maximum / Gross storage capacity of Wan  Reservoir is 83.465  MCM. Live storage capacity is 81.955  MCM.
 * 1) ==== Wan Dam. ==== (Latitude:21°11'16.4476N longitude:76°46'52.4194E) Name given in official web site is "Wan" . However it appears that locally the place is called "Wari" and the local name of the Project is " Hanuman Sagar ".  Official name is used here.


 * 1) ==== Chinchpani Dam ==== (Latitude:21°13'14.6647N Longitude:77°8'45.5518E)Chinchpani Dam  was created for  Chinchpani irrigation Project   irrigation Project .   Official  Designation of the The Project  is   " Chinchpani D - 03568" .  Locally this is also known as "  Chinchpani    Talav " or  " Chinchpani  Lake"  .   Project  was constructed as part of  irrigation projects by the Government of Maharashtra in the year 1998  and impounds  a Local Nallah  .  Nearest city to dam is Akot and the  Dam is situated  in  Akot Taluka of  Akola  District of  Maharashtra . The  Dam  is an Earth-fill Gravity   Dam  . Purpose of the Project is for irrigation  .  The length of the Dam   is  1035  m (  3396 Feet  ) .   while the height of the dam above lowest foundation is    17.25  m ( 57 Feet )  . Information on Spillway is not available . Spillway length is not known . However measured length of the spillway is  49 m  (  161 Feet ) .Spillway is now in damaged condition, but  appears to be  of  other  type and is not gated . Catchment area of  Chinchpani  Reservoir is not known .  Maximum / Gross storage capacity of  Chinchpani  Reservoir is 2.27  MCM .   Live storage capacity is  2.11  MCM.