Dams in Gujarat that are over 100 years old, which one is the oldest?

Updated: Mar 3rd, 2024


In an unstarred question asked by MLA Dinesh Thakor in the Gujarat Assembly to the water resources minister, Kunvarji Bavaliya, a query was raised on the dams in Gujarat that are older than 100 years, and which of them are verified and capable of storing the water.

In reply to the question, the government replied that there are 29 dams in the state that are 100 or more years old, and all these dams have been verified by the state government’s water resources department and all the 29 dams' water bodies are capable of storing water and the dams are repaired as required in terms of safety.

Some of these dams, older than 100 years, include, the Salvika Dam in Godhra (1968), Panelia Dam in Rajkot (1882), Rivane Dam in Rajkot (1882), Ajwa Dam in Vadodara (1892), Doswada Dam in Tapi  (1912), Meridian in Rajkot  (1900). 

In the 20th century, the Dhamel Dam in Amreli (1914), Ramdhari Dam in Bhavnagar district in (1914), Pichhav Dam in Gir Somnath in (1916), and Vadalav Dam in Panchmahal in (1916) were built.

Bhadhaka dam on Kotar river in Godhra is the oldest in Gujarat and capable of storing water, built in 1868. 

Currently maintained by the Gujarat Engineering Research Institute, it has a length of 81 metres and a gross storage capacity of 14,40,000 cubic metres of water.

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