Tajewala Barrage

Tajewala Barrage
Tajewala Barrage
Tajewala Barrage is located in India
Tajewala Barrage
Location of Tajewala Barrage in India
Official nameTajewala Barrage
CountryIndia
LocationYamunanagar district, Haryana
Coordinates30°31′30″N 77°58′51″E / 30.52500°N 77.98083°E / 30.52500; 77.98083
StatusO[clarification needed]
Construction began1873
Opening date1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, earth-fill
ImpoundsYamuna
Height27.73 m (91.0 ft)
Length360 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.

  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.