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{{Infobox dam
| name = Kotra Dam
| image =
| image_caption =
| name_official = Pujaritola Dam
| dam_crosses = Bagh river
| location = Kotra
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]<br />[[Dam#Gravity dams|Gravity]]
| dam_length = {{convert|2661|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{convert|19.2|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base =
| dam_width_crest =
| dam_volume = {{convert|664|km3|abbr=on}}
| spillway_type =
| spillway_capacity =
| construction_began =
| opening = 1970<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Pujaritola_D01038 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225638/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Pujaritola_D01038 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Pujaritola D01038 | accessdate=28 February 2013 }}</ref>
| cost =
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| res_name =
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|48690|km3|abbr=on}}
| res_catchment =
| res_surface = {{convert|17650|km2|abbr=on}}
| res_max_depth =
| plant_operator =
| plant_turbines =
| plant_capacity =
| plant_annual_gen =
| plant_commission =
| plant_decommission =
| location_map = India Maharashtra
| location_map_caption =
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| coordinates = {{coord|21.2121984|80.4240418|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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'''Pujaritola Dam (Kotra Dam)''' is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earth-fill]] and [[dam#Gravity dams|gravity]] dam on Bagh river near Kotra, [[Gondia district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/nagpur/32803680_1_reservoirs-gondia-water-level | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411040058/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/nagpur/32803680_1_reservoirs-gondia-water-level | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2013 | title=Water level in reservoirs in Gondia alarming | date=23 July 2012 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/nagpur/31144690_1_dams-totladoh-kamptee-khairi | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411034459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/nagpur/31144690_1_dams-totladoh-kamptee-khairi | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2013 | title=Water level in Vidarbha dams alarming | date=11 March 2012 | accessdate=28 February 2013 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | author=Roy, Ashish}}</ref>

==Specifications==
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|19.2|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|2661|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|664|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|65110.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=22 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219204531/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Purpose==
* Irrigation

==See also==
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Dams in Gondia district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Maharashtra]]

Pujaritola Dam - Revision history

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