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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Shiv Sagar (B.M.) Dam

Composite dam · RA205LH0344

Shiv Sagar (B.M.) Dam is a composite dam on the Mej in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1991; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 22.7 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 150 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.09 million cubic metres (register identifier RA205LH0344).

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Shiv Sagar (B.M.) Dam is at 25.2531° N, 75.3283° E, per the register's coordinates.
Shiv Sagar (B.M.) Dam is at 25.2531° N, 75.3283° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 22.7 m

  • Live storage capacity · 2.05 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 210 m³/s

  • Crest length · 150 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.09 MCM

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”

River

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Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Shiv Sagar (B.M.) Dam is no. 28 of 30 on this list.