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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Machlana Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0210

Machlana Dam is an earthen dam on the Siwana in Mandsaur district, completed in 2006; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 22.3 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 441 m, with a gross storage capacity of 4.2 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0210).

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Machlana Dam is at 24.0394° N, 74.9967° E, per the register's coordinates.
Machlana Dam is at 24.0394° N, 74.9967° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

River

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 22.3 m

  • Crest length · 441 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 4.2 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 4.11 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 332.75 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”

Appears on

Also on Dams of the Ganga Basin in Rajasthan

Machlana Dam is no. 97 of 165 on this list.