Som Kagdar Dam | Kherwara | Udaipur (Rajasthan) | Near Rishabhdeo Village

The Som Kagdar Dam is situated in Kherwara in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. This dam was fully constructed in year 1983. The Som-Kagdar Irrigation Project was constructed on Som river a tributary of Mahi. The site of Som-Kagdar dam was near village Kagdar-Ki-Pal situated in the west of national highway 08, about 77 km away
from Udaipur. The location of dam was 11 km from Rishabhdev village, Tehsil-Kherwara, District-Udaipur.

The dam site was located at 2401|45|| North Latitude and 73037|45|| East Longitude. Gross storage capacity of the dam was 36.19 x 106
m3 . Gross command area, culturable command area and irrigated command area
of the project were 9125, 5731 and 4550 ha, respectively.

The distribution system consisted of two main canals; the right main canal (RMC), left main canal (LMC) and ten distributaries. The RMC was 12.31 km long, while the LMC was 29.96 km.
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