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{{Infobox dam
| name = Vasna Barrage
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| country = India
| location = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Ahmedabad district]], [[Gujarat]]
| purpose = Irrigation
| status = o
| construction_began = 1972
| opening = 1976
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| cost = {{estimation|{{INRconvert|887.48|l}}}}
| owner = [[Government of Gujarat]]
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| spillway_type = Broad crest
| spillway_capacity = 21000 m3/s
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'''Vasna Barrage''' is a [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] on the [[Sabarmati river]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. Constructed in 1976, the barrage is meant for strengthening the existing irrigation system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=15 gates of Vasna barrage are opened |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.com/15-gates-of-vasna-barrage-are-opened/81864166.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gg"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://cwc.gov.in/sites/default/files/nrld06042019.pdf |title=National Register of Large Dams - 2019 |date=June 2019 |publisher=Dam Safety Monitoring Directorate, Central Dam Safety Organisation, Central Water Commission, Government of India |location=New Delhi |pages=74}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Dr Rita N. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TtVzEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT12&dq=vasna+barrage&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi17cORiueBAxVoTWwGHUDOBLQQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=vasna%20barrage&f=false |title=Pollution Studies of Sabarmati River and Kharicut Canal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |last2=Solanki |first2=Dr Rajal |last3=J.I |first3=Prof Dr Nirmal Kumar |last4=Soni |first4=Dr Hiren B. |publisher=Google Book Publishers |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Sharad K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dR1sFWlUpPUC&dq=dams+on+sabarmati+river&pg=PA43 |title=Water Resources Systems Planning and Management |last2=Singh |first2=V. P. |date=2003-09-12 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9780080543697 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="gg">{{cite web | url=https://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=1869&lang=english | title=Vasna Barrage Water Resources Project | publisher=Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department (Water Resources Division) | work=Government of Gujarat | accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Prasad |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Xt9KHerkrkAC&pg=PA165&dq=vasna+barrage&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi17cORiueBAxVoTWwGHUDOBLQQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=vasna%20barrage&f=false |title=Environment, Development and Society in Contemporary India:An Introduction |date=February 2008 |publisher=Macmillan India |isbn=978-0-230-63530-2 |pages=165 |language=en}}</ref> The canal supplies water only when the river overflows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elzen |first=Floor van den |date=2016-12-19 |title=The Vasana Barrage - Downstream the Sabarmati part I. |url=https://www.duurzamestudent.nl/2016/12/19/the-vasana-barrage-downstream-the-sabarmati-part-i/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Duurzame Student |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Sabarmati Riverfront]]
* [[Dharoi dam]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Hydrography of Gujarat}}
{{Dams and reservoirs in India}}

[[Category:Ahmedabad district]]
[[Category:Dams in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Dams in Sabarmati River basin]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1976]]
[[Category:Barrages in India]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]

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Alihaiderhusain at 15:28, 9 October 2023