Tawa Reservoir

Tawa Dam
Tawa Dam
Location	Tawanagar, Itarsi, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh
Construction began	1956
Opening date	1974
Operator(s)	Water Resources Department, Madhya Pradesh contact number 07572272803 police station = 07572272880
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Tawa River
Height	57.91 m (190.0 ft)
Length	1,815 m (5,955 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Tawa Reservoir

Tawa Reservoir
Tawa Reservoir
	Tawa Reservoir Tawa Reservoir
Location	Itarsi , Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	22°33′44″N 77°58′38″E
Catchment area	5,982.9 km2 (2,310.0 sq mi)
Basin countries	India
Surface area	225 km2 (87 sq mi)

Tawa Reservoir is a reservoir on the Tawa River in central India. It is located in Itarsi of Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh state, above Betul district. The reservoir was formed by the construction of the Tawa Dam, which began in 1958 and was completed in 1978. The dam provides for irrigation to several thousand hectares of farming land in Hoshangabad and Harda districts. It is also a big tourist attraction during the monsoon months. A cruise boat service has been started by the tourism department for visitors to the dam and reservoir. The dam was made by late Shri Vinay Kumar Diwan also known as Denva Ke Gandhi for his work for public welfare being public representative in the region for almost two decades serving as MLA.

Tawa Reservoir forms the western boundary of Satpura National Park and Bori Wildlife Sanctuary.

Power plant details

It is a small hydropower plant which was set up on the left bank to utilize the tailrace water for irrigation purpose.

It is a private sector hydro-electric generation power plant. The two units of 2 × 6.75 MW were set up by LNJ Bhilwara group. Generated power supplied to HEG Plant Mandideep via MPPTCL Power Line.

The power production in this plant was started in 1998.

The construction of project was completed in record time of 22 months and at a cost of about 65 crore. Early and efficient completion made possible by RSWI, Canada.

contact no of tawa dam is 07572272803

Technical details

It is a canal head project.

Catchment area spreads over approximately 6000 km².

Full reservoir level (FRL) is 335.397 cubic metres (11,844.4 cu ft).

Head range 7 to 21 m and discharge varying from 25 to 54 Cumecs.

Two turbo generators 6.75 MW rated capacity (20% over load).

Machinery and Equipment

Vertical shaft kaplan turbines and auxiliaries
11 kV semi umbrella synchronous generator and auxiliaries
33 kV vacuum circuit breakers.
1 MV 33 kV / 415 V auxiliary transformer
Fire protection system
110 DC with battery backup

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