Irrigation

BARGI DAM

The Spillway Bridge was constructed by Prasad & Company over the Bargi masonry dam near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh along with the balance of civil works for the Madhya Pradesh Irrigation Department. The bridge consists of 22 spans of 16.8 mtrs of RCC, two lane bridge of 7.2 mtrs width between parapets. Bargi Dam, 69 m high and 5.4 km long, is one of the first completed Dam out of the chain of 30 major dams to be constructed on Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India. The Narmada is the largest river in Madhya Pradesh, flowing towards the west and falling into the Arabian Sea. Its total length is 1312 km of which it covers 1072 km in Madhya Pradesh

The Central Water and Power Commission conceptualized the proposal of this dam construction in 1968 envisaging irrigation in 2,980 square kilometres and hydropower generation capacity of 105 MW. Later the Bargi diversion scheme was planned, increasing the total irrigation potential to 4,370 square kilometres. The dam construction work started in 1974 and was completed in 1990 when the dam was filled to its complete capacity. A lake of about 75 km in length and 4.5 km width, spreading over 267.97 kms in Jabalpur, Mandla and Seoni districts is formed when the water is impounded up to the dam FRL of 422.76 m.