Dheel Dam
| Dheel Dam | |
|---|---|
   Interactive map of Dheel Dam | |
| Official name | Dheel Dam |
| Location | Tapur, Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan |
| Coordinates | 26°13′22.48″N 76°7′1.79″E / 26.2229111°N 76.1171639°E |
Dheel Dam is a earthen dam on the Dheel River near Tapur and Taroli in Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, India.[1][2][3]
In 2022 Dam recorded the highest rainfall, 176mm.[4]
History
[edit]The Dheel Dam was constructed on the Dheel River in the former Jaipur State of Rajputana as part of the Dhil River Irrigation Works. The project, designed by engineer Charles Egremont Strother, was carried out between 1905 and 1912. The works included a masonry dam across the Dheel River, three earthen dams and a masonry escape, together with a main irrigation canal.[5]
Contemporary official records of the British Indian Government also mention the Dhil Nadi Bund as one of the principal irrigation works in progress in Jaipur State during the year 1911–12.[6]
The British Library's Charles Egremont Stotherd Collection contains photographs of the Dhil Nadi Dam dating from 1909–1910, including views of the dam when overflowing.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Register of Specified Dams 2025" (PDF). National Dam Safety Authority and Central Water Commission, Government of India. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "शिवाड़ दर्शन 8- टापुर का बांध (ढील बांध)".
- ↑ "ढील बांध की नहरें क्षतिग्रस्त, irrigation को पानी मिलना मुश्किल".
- ↑ PTI (24 July 2022). "Rains continuing across Rajasthan: MeT". ThePrint. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Stotherd, Charles Egremont (1924). "Ramgarh and Dhil River Irrigation Works, Jaipur State, Rajputana". Water and Water Engineering. 26–27. Fuel & Metallurgical Journals Limited: 116–117. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ Great Britain. India Office (1913). Statement Exhibiting the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of India during the year 1911–12. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 131.
New irrigation works were in progress during the year, the principal being the Dhil Nadi Bund, the new tanks at Rajoli and Bahawalpur, and the masonry weir on the River Mashi below Narera.
- ↑ "Charles Egremont Stotherd Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits in Rajasthan and the British Isles". British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
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