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26°13′17.11″N 78°00′6.52″E / 26.2214194°N 78.0018111°E
Tigra Dam | |
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Country | India |
Location | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
Purpose | Operational |
Opening date | 1916 |
Tigra Dam (also spelled "Tig Dam") creates a freshwater reservoir on the Sank River, about 23 km from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India[1] It plays a crucial role in supplying water to the city and is an important tourism spot of Gwalior.
The dam is 24 metres high at its crest, and 1341 m long. The reservoir has a capacity of 4.8 million cubic metres and the spillway structure can pass up to 1274 cubic metres per second.[2]