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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Bassi Dam

Earthen dam · RA11HH0129

Bassi Dam is an earthen dam on the Orai in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 1987; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 11.7 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 570 m, with a gross storage capacity of 23.2 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11HH0129).

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Bassi Dam is at 25.0325° N, 74.8250° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bassi Dam is at 25.0325° N, 74.8250° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Bassi dam ,, Chittorgarh ।। बस्सी बाँध

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 11.7 m

  • Crest length · 570 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 23.2 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 20.2 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 2401 m³/s

Source for the figures above

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

    “"Specified Dam" means a dam constructed before or after the commencement of this Act, which is, — (i) above fifteen metres in height, measured from the lowest portion of the general foundation area to the top of dam”

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Bassi Dam is no. 4 of 25 on this list.