Lower Pus Dam

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| name_official = Lower Pus Dam D02869

| dam_crosses = Pus River

| location = Mahagaon

| dam_type = Earthfill

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| owner = Government of Maharashtra, India

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Lower Pus Dam, 25 km southeast of Pusad city, is an earthfill dam on Pus river near Mahagaon in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra state of India. There is another downstream dam 25 km northwest of Pusad city called Upper Pus Dam which was built in 1971.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Upper_Pus_(Pus)_D01030 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225626/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Upper_Pus_(Pus)_D01030 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Upper Pus (Pus) D01030 | accessdate=1 March 2013 }} Other nearby dams are Arunawati Dam (40 km north of Pusad) in Digras built in 1994 and Isapur Dam (30 km southwest of Pusad) built in 1982.[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Isapur_D02978 | title=Isapur D02978 | accessdate=1 March 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225230/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Isapur_D02978 | archive-date=12 April 2013 | url-status=dead }}[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}

{{anchor|Pus|River}}Pus river originates in Ajantha range. It flows through Pusad, converges with Penganga River

[https://www.telangana360.com/2016/11/penganga-river.html Penganga river], telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019. near Mahur in Nanded district of Maharashtra. Penganga River flows into Wardha River, which in turn into Pranhita River, and Pranhita in turn flows in to Godavari River which end in the Bay of Bengal just east of Rajahmundry in the state of Andhra Pradesh.