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The '''Meja Dam''' is one of the biggest dam of [[Bhilwara]] and famous for its green mount park. It is 20 km away from Bhilwara, [[Rajasthan|Rajasthan, India]].

This was the main source of drinking water for Bhilwara city as well as surrounding area. For Bhilwara city 62 [[tube well]]s have been installed in the submergence of dam but at present except for 10 tubewells all are almost dry. As per records shown by [[Public Health Engineering Department|PHED]], sufficient water was available till 1996. After 1996 the water receipt in the dam abruptly reduced. The design capacity of the dam is 2930 mcft and water received in 2007, 2008, 2009 was 140 mcft, 21 mcft, 31.67 mcft respectively.

The main reason could have been construction of a large number of small ponds in the [[Drainage basin|catchment area]] of the dam without any planning or without catchment area management and monitoring. Principal Secretary, PHED informed that more than 27,000 [[dams|anicuts]] has been constructed and 64 major and minor dams have been constructed over 8 streams in the district. Main flowing river in the district is [[Banas river]] which is dry due to less rainfall in the catchment and as a consequence large numbers of tube wells sunk in [[Kankroliya Ghati]] area could not get recharged sufficiently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdws.gov.in/sites/default/files/Bilwara_SecyDWS_visit_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812021252/http://mdws.gov.in/sites/default/files/Bilwara_SecyDWS_visit_0.pdf |archivedate=2016-08-12 }}</ref>

The dam has reportedly filled with 28.9 feet of water level in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/heavy-rain-in-rajasthan-2313033/|title=- News in Hindi - - Patrika Hindi News|website=Patrika.com|accessdate=16 January 2019}}</ref>

==Salient features==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Attribute !! Value
|-
| Name || Meja Dam
|-
| River || [[Kothari River|Kothari]]
|-
| City || Bhilwara
|-
| District || Bhilwara
|-
| State || Rajasthan
|-
| Basin Name || [[Ganges Delta|Ganga]]
|-
| Seismic Zone || Seismic Zone-II
|-
| Dam Type || Earthen / Gravity / Masonry
|-
| Length of Dam || 1270
|-
| Spillway Capacity (cumec) || 3625
|-
| Design Flood (cumec) || 3622
|-
| Dam Status || Completed
|-
| Purpose || Irrigation
|-
| Completion Year || 1958
|-
| Operating and Maintenance Agency || WRD,Govt. of Rajasthan
|-
| Max Height above Foundation(m) || 19.2
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Meja_Dam_D00682|title=Meja Dam D00682 -|website=India-wris.nrsc.gov.in|accessdate=2016-08-10}}</ref>

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[[Category:Dams in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1958]]
[[Category:Bhilwara district]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Rajasthan]]

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