Tajewala Barrage

Tajewala Barrage is a now decommissioned but existing old barrage across the Yamuna River, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India. Completed in 1873, it regulated the flow of the Yamuna for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana through two canals originating at this place namely Western Yamuna Canal and Eastern Yamuna Canal,^[1] as well as the municipal water supply to Delhi.

Tajewala Barrage
Tajewala Barrage
Location of Tajewala Barrage in India
Official name	Tajewala Barrage
Country	India
Location	Yamunanagar district, Haryana
Coordinates	30°31′30″N 77°58′51″E
Status	O[clarification needed]
Construction began	1873
Opening date	1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Yamuna
Height	27.73 m (91.0 ft)
Length	360 m (1,180 ft)

Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage

In 1999, the Hathnikund Barrage was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service.^[2]

See also

• Blue Bird Lake, Hisar (city)
• Kaushalya Dam in Pinjore
• Bhakra Dam
• Hathni Kund Barrage
• Okhla Barrage - Western Yamuna Canal begins here
• Surajkund
• Indira Gandhi Canal
• Irrigation in India
• Indian Rivers Inter-link
• Water transport in India
• Ganges Canal
• Ganges Canal (Rajasthan)
• Upper Ganges Canal Expressway
• List of dams and reservoirs in Haryana

External links

• Pollution in Yamuna river Archived 13 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. Haberman, David L. (2006). River of love in an age of pollution: the Yamuna River of northern India. University of California Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-520-24789-5. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. Tak, Prakash C.; Jagdish P. Sati; Anjum N. Rizvi (April 2010). "Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India" (PDF). 2 (4): 841. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)