Barna Dam

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| name = Barna Dam

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| location_map = India

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| coordinates = {{coord|23|03|04.91|N|078|03|45.13|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = India

| location = Bari tehsil in Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh

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| status = O

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| opening = 1978

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| dam_type = Gravity

| dam_height = {{Convert|47.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| dam_length = {{Convert|432|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| dam_width_crest = {{Convert|4.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| dam_elevation_crest ={{Convert|352.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| dam_crosses = Barna River

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| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|539000000|m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_active ={{Convert|455800000|m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

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| res_catchment = {{Convert|1176|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}

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The Barna Dam is a gravity dam on the Barna River in Badi tehsil Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Barna river is a major tributary of the Narmada River. It is about {{Convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Bhopal.{{cite web|title=Barna Water Resource Project of Madhya Pradesh, India : An Environmental Impact Assessment|url=http://ajes.in/PDFs/07-1/22-Rajnish%20Shrivastava.pdf|publisher=AJES|accessdate=9 August 2013|year=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219003958/http://ajes.in/PDFs/07-1/22-Rajnish%20Shrivastava.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}} Dam was constructed by Madhaya Pradesh Water Resource Department. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation and it was completed in 18.oct.1978.{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P.|title=Hydrology and water resources of India|year=2007|publisher=Springer|location=Dordrecht|isbn=978-1402051807|pages=551–552|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=barna+dam+bhopal&pg=PA551}}

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