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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Baretha Bund Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0199

Baretha Bund Dam is an earthen dam on the Kakund in Bharatpur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1897; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.74 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 1,158 m, with a gross storage capacity of 52.7 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0199).

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Baretha Bund Dam is at 26.8975° N, 77.3725° E, per the register's coordinates.
Baretha Bund Dam is at 26.8975° N, 77.3725° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Live storage capacity · 50.1 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 788.43 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 18.74 m

  • Crest length · 1158 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 52.7 MCM

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

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