Vasna Barrage

Vasna Barrage
Vasna Barrage
	Vasna Barrage
Country	India
Location	Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat
Coordinates	22°59′26″N 72°33′20″E / 22.99042331°N 72.55566373°E
Purpose	Irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1972
Opening date	1976
Construction cost	est. ₹887.48 lakh (US$1.1 million)
Owner(s)	Government of Gujarat
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Barrage
Impounds	Sabarmati River
Height (foundation)	20.75 metres (68 ft)
Length	611 metres (2,000 ft)
Spillways	24 vertical
Spillway type	Broad crest
Spillway capacity	21000 m3/s
Reservoir
Catchment area	10,619 square kilometres (1.1×1011 sq ft)
Surface area	107 square kilometres (1.2×109 sq ft)
	Website; Vasna Barrage

Vasna Barrage is a barrage on the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Constructed in 1976, the barrage is meant for strengthening the existing irrigation system.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Features

The barrage holds the water in the part of river in Ahmedabad throughout the year and supplies drinking water to the city. It also feeds underground water aquifers in the region.^[4]^[5] The bedrock is of river deposits. Total 87 villages of Ahmedabad district fall under its command area. The right bank irrigation canal called Fatehwadi canal is 6.9 km long and was completed in 1978. It has discharge capacity of 45.35 cubic metre per second.^[2]^[6] The canal supplies water only when the river overflows.^[7]

References

^ "15 gates of Vasna barrage are opened". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Vasna Barrage Water Resources Project". Government of Gujarat. Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department (Water Resources Division).
^ National Register of Large Dams - 2019 (PDF). New Delhi: Dam Safety Monitoring Directorate, Central Dam Safety Organisation, Central Water Commission, Government of India. June 2019. p. 74.
^ Kumar, Dr Rita N.; Solanki, Dr Rajal; J.I, Prof Dr Nirmal Kumar; Soni, Dr Hiren B. Pollution Studies of Sabarmati River and Kharicut Canal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
^ Jain, Sharad K.; Singh, V. P. (12 September 2003). Water Resources Systems Planning and Management. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080543697.
^ Prasad (February 2008). Environment, Development and Society in Contemporary India:An Introduction. Macmillan India. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-230-63530-2.
^ Elzen, Floor van den (19 December 2016). "The Vasana Barrage - Downstream the Sabarmati part I." Duurzame Student (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2023.