Dams and Irrigation Projects

This masonry gravity dam on the Banas River was completed in 1999. It holds about 1,096 million cubic metres and supplies drinking water to Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk alongside irrigation in the Banas command.

Completed in 1970 on the Chambal near Rawatbhata, it is the second structure in the Chambal Valley cascade and part of a multipurpose scheme run jointly by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Completed in 1972 and holding about 67 million cubic metres, this is primarily a hydroelectric project. In the Chambal chain it sits downstream of Rana Pratap Sagar and upstream of the Kota Barrage.

Standing just above Kota city on the Chambal, it diverts water released by the three upstream dams into right and left main canals, irrigating land in both Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Built across the Mahi, it is a joint Rajasthan-Gujarat undertaking framed by a 1966 agreement and named after the freedom fighter Jamnalal Bajaj. Islands in its reservoir give Banswara the tag city of a hundred islands.

Completed in 1957 within the Luni system, it impounds about 207 million cubic metres and was raised to serve irrigation and water supply across the Pali and Jalore tract of western Rajasthan.

This masonry dam on the Jakham River was completed in 2000 and rises about 82 metres above its lowest foundation. It anchors irrigation in the tribal tract of southern Rajasthan.

This historic reservoir on the Gomati was long counted within Udaipur district. Salumbar became a separate district in 2023 and was among the eight new districts retained when the state was reorganised into 41 districts in December 2024.

Rising on the Parwan River, the project pairs irrigation with drinking water supply and is designed for a gross storage of roughly 490 million cubic metres, a substantial addition for the Hadoti region.

Sited in Kota district and finished in 2024, the barrage holds about 227 million cubic metres and is a key structure in the Navnera-Galwa-Bisalpur-Isarda link of the eastern Rajasthan water transfer plan.

Completed in 1999 and holding about 173 million cubic metres, the dam lies within the Mahi basin. The Som is a major tributary of the Mahi, draining the hills of southern Rajasthan.

Coming up in Tonk district chiefly for drinking water, it is designed for a gross storage of about 281 million cubic metres and sits downstream of the Bisalpur Dam on the same river.

Raised in the seventeenth century, the lake gives its district its name. It holds about 107 million cubic metres behind an earthen embankment roughly 2,720 metres long.

Completed in 1984, this earthen dam was raised chiefly for water supply. The same river carries Udaipur's much older Swaroop Sagar and Udai Sagar embankments upstream.

Completed in 1958, this earthen dam is about 2,800 metres long and holds roughly 96 million cubic metres. The Mej is a tributary of the Chambal, so the dam counts within the Ganga basin.

Completed in 1963, this earthen dam holds about 39 million cubic metres. The West Banas belongs to the west-flowing rivers basin of Kutch and Saurashtra and is a wholly different river from the Banas of eastern Rajasthan.

Completed in 1952 on the Morel River, it impounds about 77 million cubic metres. The same district also carries the older Sainthal Sagar and Kalakho irrigation dams.

The masonry gravity dam on the Banas stands about 40 metres high and 574 metres long. It falls within the Banas sub-system of the Ganga basin and lies in Tonk district.

Built across the Parbati River in 1963, this composite dam runs close to eight kilometres in length and holds about 121 million cubic metres, all of it committed to irrigation.

The Jakham feeds the Som, which in turn joins the Mahi, placing the dam within the Mahi basin. Several reservoirs in Dungarpur and Banswara belong to the same basin.