Machhu Dam
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Machhu Dam is a major irrigation and flood-control dam on the Machhu River near Morbi in Gujarat, India, historically known for the catastrophic failure of one of its structures in 1979.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Morbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDisaster | 1979 Morbi flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedStateCapital | Gandhinagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | India ⓘ |
| casualtiesInNotableEvent | thousands of deaths in 1979 flood ⓘ |
| category |
Dams in Gujarat
ⓘ
Flood control infrastructure in India ⓘ Irrigation dams in India ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1950s ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | State of Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineeringDiscipline | civil engineering ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
regulation of downstream flows
ⓘ
storage of monsoon runoff ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | prompted reviews of dam safety in India after 1979 failure ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Machhu Dam I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Machhu Dam II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactOfNotableEvent |
large-scale destruction of property in Morbi
ⓘ
severe flooding of Morbi ⓘ |
| knownFor | Machhu Dam failure of 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Morbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | India ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Morbi district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Kathiawar Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Morbi city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Machhu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Arabian Sea (downstream via rivers) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | collapse of Machhu Dam II on 11 August 1979 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | water resources infrastructure of Gujarat ⓘ |
| primaryUse | irrigation for agriculture ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Morbi district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saurashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskType | flood risk in case of failure ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Machhu River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | flood moderation ⓘ |
| watercourse | Machhu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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