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Name

:

Saharajore Irrigation Scheme

Purpose (Irrigation or Multipurpose)

:

Irrigation

Type (Major / Medium / Minor)

:

Medium

Basin

:

Ganga

Sub-basin

:

Kangsabati

River

:

Saharajore

Year of approval (By State Govt.)

:

1961

Year of commencement

:

1961-62

Year of completion

:

1982

Approved cost

:

177.66 Lakhs

Actual cost

:

178.00 Lakhs

Districts benefited

:

Purulia

Cultivable command area

:

5.059 Th Ha

Ultimate Irrigation potential

:

5799.28 Ha

Irrigation potential created

:

5799.28  Ha

Max. Irrigation potential utilized

:

5.598 Th Ha

Name of dam

:

Murguma Dam

Location of dam

:

23°18'58.00"N, 86° 3'6.17"E, Jhalda-II, Purulia

Type of dam

:

Earthen Dam with Spillway

Length of dam

:

2195.12 m

Nos. of spillway gates

:

Ungated

Catchment area (upto Dam)

:

42.88 Sq Km

Submergence area of reservoir

:

1.72 Sq Km

Design discharge of Spillway

:

408.07 Cumec

Max. flood level

:

328.23 m

Full reservoir level

:

326.52 m

Gross storage capacity

:

8.38 MCM

Live storage capacity

:

7.41 MCM

Nos. of head regulators

:

1 No

Canal discharge

:

4.53 Cumec

Length of main canals

:

11.61 Km

Length of distribution system

:

43.04 Km

Total no. of structures
In main canal and distribution system Except head regulator of main canal

:

186 Nos.