Pathrala barrage

Pathrala barrage
Pathrala barrage is located in India
Pathrala barrage
Location of Pathrala barrage in India
Official namePathrala barrage
CountryIndia
LocationYamunanagar district, Haryana
Coordinates30°12′56″N 77°23′39″E / 30.21556°N 77.39417°E / 30.21556; 77.39417
StatusOperational
Construction began1875
Opening date1876; 148 years ago (1876)
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, earth-fill
ImpoundsSomb river and Western Yamuna Canal
Height34 m (112 ft)
Length460 m (1,510 ft)

Pathrala Barrage (Hindi: पथराला बांध) is a barrage across the Somb river, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India.[1]

  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.