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The Dharoi Dam was constructed in the year 1978 in Dharoi village near Mehsana district.The construction of Dam is on river Sabarmati. The work for construction started in the year 1971 and finished in 1978 .The main reason for building these Dam was to fulfill the need of water for irrigation and drinking in nearby villages,also the other purpose of this Dam was to generate electricity. The water from this Dam is supplied to the cities like Ahmedabad, as the main source of water is Sabarmati in Ahmedabad city. There are some records which show that in 1993 the water was released and after 12 years again the water was released in North Gujarat. When the water was released it flowed to 620.79 feet and the danger mark is 622 feet. Now a day's Dharoi Dam has became the place of tourism.

Controversies
After many years of building of Dharoi Dam controversies arises in 2011 when the water level in dam increased to 188.89 metres and the danger mark was 188.90 metres as mentioned in the news. Due to this it created tension among the dam authorities and in this tension they released water from 10 games out of 12 gates which is 97,760 cusec of water and the flow of water is 36,000 cusec. This all tension effect the nearby villages and the villagers were need to leave their homes and find safe place.

Features
1.The construction of Dharoi Dam is wide spread in 165 Kms area. the construction of the Dam is designed as Sub-basin of Dharoi. 2.The length of the Dam is 1207 meters.

3.The approximate cost for building dam was 9,600 lakhs.

4. There are total 177 villages come under the district of Mehsana and Sabarkantha for the puropse of using the water from this Dam.

5.the Highest irrigation in the year 1993 was 40,762 areas.