Jayakwadi Dam

Jayakwadi Dam
Jayakwadi dam with its floodgates closed
Location of Jayakwadi Dam in India
Official name	Jayakwadi-I D02995
Location	Jayakwadi, Sambhajinagar District, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates	19°29′8.7″N 75°22′12″E / 19.485750°N 75.37000°E / 19.485750; 75.37000
Construction began	1965
Opening date	1976[1]
Construction cost	4,700 cr[2]
Owner(s)	Government of Maharashtra
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earthen dam
Impounds	Godavari River
Height	41.30 m (135 ft)
Length	9,998 m (32,802 ft) (9.998 km)
Spillways	27 Gates
Spillway capacity	18153 cubic meters/sec[3]
Reservoir
Creates	Nath Sagar Jalashay
Total capacity	2.909 km3 (1.027×1011 cu ft) (102.75 tmc ft)[4]
Active capacity	2.17 cubic kms (77 tmc ft)[5]
Inactive capacity	26 tmc ft
Catchment area	21,750 km2 (8,398 sq mi)
Surface area	350 km2 (135 sq mi)
Power Station
Installed capacity	12 MW

Jayakwadi dam is an earthen dam located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakwadi village in Paithan taluka of Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra, India. It is a multipurpose project. The water is mainly used to irrigate agricultural land in the drought-prone Marathwada region of the state. It also provides water for drinking and industrial usage to nearby towns and villages and to the municipalities and industrial areas of Sambhajinagar and Jalna districts. The surrounding area of the dam has a garden and a bird sanctuary.