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Name

:

Extn-Bandhu Irrigation Scheme

Purpose (Irrigation or Multipurpose)

:

Irrigation

Type (Major / Medium / Minor)

:

Medium

Basin

:

Ganga

Sub-basin

:

Kangsabati

River

:

Bandhu

Year of approval (By State Govt.)

:

-

Year of commencement

:

1981-82

Year of completion

:

1994-95

Approved cost

:

101 Lakh

Actual cost

:

613 Lakh

Districts benefited

:

Purulia

Cultivable command area

:

0.350 Th Ha

Ultimate Irrigation potential

:

0.528 Th Ha

Irrigation potential created

:

0.289 Th Ha

Max. Irrigation potential utilized

:

0.040 Th Ha

Name of dam

:

Bandhu Dam

Location of dam

:

23°18'7.10"N, 86°11'45.38"E, Arsha, Purulia

Type of dam

:

Earthen Dam with Spillway

Length of dam

:

875 m

Nos. of spillway gates

:

3 Nos.

Catchment area (upto Dam)

:

13.69 Sq Km

Submergence area of reservoir

:

0.477 Sq Km

Design discharge of Spillway

:

97.77 Cumec

Max. flood level

:

316.99 m

Full reservoir level

:

315.54 m

Gross storage capacity

:

2.433 MCM

Live storage capacity

:

2.187 MCM

Nos. of head regulators

:

1 No

Canal discharge

:

RBMC : 0.526 Cumec

Length of main canals

:

LBMC : 4.389 Km

Length of distribution system

:

 

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

:

13 Nos.