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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Sushila Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA212MH0328

Sushila Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Mej in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1991; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15.78 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 50 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.18 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212MH0328).

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Sushila Sagar Dam is at 25.3286° N, 75.2250° E, per the register's coordinates.
Sushila Sagar Dam is at 25.3286° N, 75.2250° 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 · 15.78 m

  • Crest length · 50 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.18 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.98 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 210 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”

River

Appears on

Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Sushila Sagar Dam is no. 29 of 30 on this list.