Manar Dam

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| name = Manar Dam

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| name_official = Manar Dam D01052

| dam_crosses = Manar River

| location = Warwant, Tq. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded

| dam_type = Earthfill

| dam_length = {{convert|2592|m|abbr=on}}

| dam_height = {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}}

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| dam_volume = {{convert|1557|km3|abbr=on}}

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| opening = 1968{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Manar_D01052 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225834/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Manar_D01052 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Manar D01052 | accessdate=14 March 2013 }}

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| owner = Government of Maharashtra, India

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| res_capacity_total = {{convert|128700|km3|abbr=on}}

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| res_surface = {{convert|2559|km2|abbr=on}}

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| location_map = India Maharashtra

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| coordinates = {{coord|18.8381384|77.31662|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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Manar Dam, is an earthfill dam on the Manar River at village Warwant near Barul Tal.Kandhar, Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra in India.

Manar Project is situated at village Barul which is, {{convert|51.92|km|mi|abbr=on}} distant from the district headquarters. An approach road of {{convert|25.76|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length has been constructed from Soankhed on Nanded-Latur road connecting the dam site.[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tgkS7mdw3sQ/Uxk5QzfdfeI/AAAAAAAAAOA/q_Wsx3BEzaQ/w506-h332/Barul.jpg Image Manar Dam]

The earthen dam has been put across the Manar. The maximum height of the dam is {{convert|26.84|m|ft|abbr=off}} and the length is {{convert|1,859.28|m|ft|abbr=off}}.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

The left bank canal is {{convert|72.420|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length with carrying capacity of 590 cusecs. The right bank canal, with a carrying capacity of 42 cusecs is, {{convert|19.312|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length. The waste weir on the right bank has a total length of {{convert|731.52|m|ft|abbr=off}}.[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/places.html Nanded Gazetteer] The project will facilitate irrigation of {{convert|26,708.88|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of land. The construction work was started in 1960 and was scheduled to be completed in two phases by the end of the Third Five-Year Plan at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,26,69,400.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}