Mansi Wakal Dam

{{short description|Dam in Rajasthan, India}}

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| location = Jhadol tehsil, Rajasthan

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Mansi Wakal is a dam on the Mansi River in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India.

Located approximately 7 kilometres north of the village of Jhadol,{{cite web |title=Bhuvan-2D |url=http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/ |website=Bhuvan Indian Geoplatform of ISRO |publisher=National Remote Sensing Centre |accessdate=4 May 2019 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615011504/http://www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }} the dam forms a reservoir which can hold about 24.4 million cubic metres of water. The reservoir primarily provides drinking water to the city of Udaipur,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/RajasthanDevReport2006|title=Rajasthan Development Report|date=2006|publisher=Planning Commission of India|accessdate=3 May 2019}} accounting for 23% of the city's drinking water supply.{{cite book |title=Understanding water flows in Udaipur |date=2018 |publisher=Heinrich Böll Foundation-India & Development Alternatives |url=https://archive.org/details/WaterFlowsInUdaipur |accessdate=4 May 2019}} Additionally, the reservoir supplies drinking water to rural areas of Udaipur district and water for industrial uses to Hindustan Zinc.{{cite book |title=Vedanta Resources PLC Annual Report 2006 |publisher=Vedanta |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/v/LSE_VED_2006.pdf |accessdate=3 May 2019}}

Mansi Wakal dam is part of an inter-basin transfer scheme called 'Mansi Wakal I' under which water is transferred from the Sabarmati basin to the Bherach basin.{{cite book |last1=Mehta |first1=Anil |title=Ecotechnological Management and Operation of Selected Surface Reservoirs of Upper Berach Basin, Udaipur |date=2009 |publisher=Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology |location=Udaipur |url=https://archive.org/details/UpperBerachReservoirs_201905 |accessdate=4 May 2019}} The dam was constructed between 2000-2005 by the Government of Rajasthan at a cost of {{INRConvert|60|c|lk=on}}{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Surendra Singh |title=60 crore ki laagat se 2006 mein Rajasthan mein bana yeh bandh charcha mein kyon hai |url=https://www.patrika.com/udaipur-news/about-mansi-vakal-bandh-udaipur-3846030/ |accessdate=4 May 2019 |work=Patrika |date=16 December 2018}} with monetary contributions from Hindustan Zinc in the ratio of 70:30. Some local groups opposed the construction of the dam.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Shailendra |title=Tribals demand scrapping of proposed dam |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/tribals-demand-scrapping-of-proposed-dam-30807 |accessdate=3 May 2019 |work=Down to Earth |date=4 July 2015}}{{cite book |last1=Sahoo |first1=Sarbeswar |title=Civil society and democratization in India |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |location=Oxon |isbn=9781135905644 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLX8Dl3AfmQC |accessdate=4 May 2019}}