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'''Tajewala Barrage''' is a now decommissioned but existing old [[barrage (dam)|barrage]] across the [[Yamuna River]], located in [[Yamuna Nagar District]], in the [[states and territories of India|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 [[Yamuna#Western Yamuna Canal|Western Yamuna Canal]] and [[Eastern Yamuna Canal]], | '''Tajewala Barrage''' is a now decommissioned but existing old [[barrage (dam)|barrage]] across the [[Yamuna River]], located in [[Yamuna Nagar District]], in the [[states and territories of India|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 [[Yamuna#Western Yamuna Canal|Western Yamuna Canal]] and [[Eastern Yamuna Canal]],<ref name="Haberman2006">{{cite book|last=Haberman|first=David L.|title=River of love in an age of pollution: the Yamuna River of northern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63uDsPPr48gC&pg=PA78|access-date=2 June 2011|year=2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24789-5|page=78}}</ref> as well as the municipal water supply to Delhi. | ||
==Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage== | ==Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage== | ||
In 1999, the [[Hathnikund Barrage]] was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service. | In 1999, the [[Hathnikund Barrage]] was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service.<ref name=taje1>{{cite journal|last=Tak|first=Prakash C.|author2=Jagdish P. Sati|author3=Anjum N. Rizvi|title=Status of waterbirds at Hathnikund Barrage wetland, Yamunanagar District, Haryana, India|date=April 2010|volume=2|issue=4|pages=841|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/April/o220026iv10841-844.pdf|access-date=10 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317104520/http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/April/o220026iv10841-844.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:07, 22 March 2026
| Tajewala Barrage | |
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 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 / 30.52500°N 77.98083°E |
| Status | O[clarification needed] |
| Construction began | 1873 |
| Opening date | 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) |
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.
Replaced by the Hathiinikund barrage[edit | edit source]
In 1999, the Hathnikund Barrage was completed to replace the aged Tajewala Barrage which is now out of service.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- Pollution in Yamuna river Archived 13 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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