The Rajghat Dam stands across the Betwa River, which is about 22 km from Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh, India. Rajghat Dam is an Inter-state Dam project of the collaborated team of the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The project includes the construction of 43.80 m high and 562.50 m long stonework dam across River Betwa flanked by an earthen dam with a maximum height of 29.5 meters and a total length of 10.79 km.
Project Plan of the Rajghat Dam
The project was planned in a way that it will provide irrigation to 1,210 square kilometers in Madhya Pradesh and 1,380 square kilometers of land in Uttar Pradesh. The usable capacity of the powerhouse is approximately 45 MW (3 x 15 MW). The costs and the benefits of the project are to be shared by these two States equally.
Matatila Dam Project, Dhukwan and Parichha Weirs are the existing projects on the downstream. Therefore, Rajghat Dam Project shall serve as parent storage for irrigation requirements in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh through a cascade of waterfalls and other hydraulic structures in the downstream of River Betwa.
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