SALIENT FEATURES

BOURAS BARRAGE

s.no Particular Details

1 LOCATION
STATE MADHYA PRADESH

DISTRICT Raisen

RIVER NARMADA

BARRAGE SITE NEAR VILLAGE BORAS

LATITUDE 231’ N
LONGITUDE 7833’ E
NEAREST BG RAIL HEAD GADARWARA(Right
Bank- Distance 35km)

NEAREST AIRPORT BHOPAL

2 HYDROLOGY

CATCHMENT AREA 30,000 sq km

LOCATION OF CATCHMENT LATITUDE 231’ N TO

2345’ N
LONGITUDE 7833’ E TO
8145’ E
AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL 1295.2 mm

AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATAURE 46.5º C

AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 7.40ºC

MAXIMUM OBSERVED DISCHARGE AT 26,483 Cumecs

HOSHANGABAD G&D SITE (1990-2002)

MINIMUM OBSERVED DISCHARGE AT 42 Cumecs

HOSHANGABAD G&D SITE (1990-2002)

3 RESERVOIR
FULL RESERVOIR LEVEL (FRL) EL 310.00 m

MIN. DRAW DOWN LEVEL (MDDL) EL 309.00 m

GROSS STORAGE (TENTATIVE) 243.18 Mcm

AREA UNDER SUB-MERGENCE AT FRL 1215 HAC

4 BARRAGE
TYPE RCC RAFT FLOOR
PIER TOP ELEVATION EL 319.00 m
CREST ELEVATION EL 301.00M

DOWNSTREAM FLOOR LEVEL EL 298.75

BRIDGE DECK LEVEL EL 313.00 m

LENGTH AT THE TOP 645.00 m

THICKNESS OF D/S RAFT 1.5 m to 2.0 m

UPSTREAM FLOOR LEVEL EL 298.80 m

UPSTREAM FLOOR THICKNESS 5.7 M 9 9 (AV.)

THICKNESS OF PIER 3.50 m

HEIGHT OF BARRAGE 17.25 m (from deepest

bed level)
5 SPILLWAY (WEIR)
DESIGN FLOOD (1 IN 1000 YEARS 39981 Cumecs
FLOOD)

TYPE GLACIS

CREST ELEVATION EL 301.00 m

NUMBER & SIZE OF OPENINGS 30 NOS , 15.30 m X 9.00

m
6 PROJECT COST UCSR effected from
01.09.2017
TOTAL COST Rs 685.74 Crore

(B.S.DHURVE)
CHIEF ENGINEER
RANI AVANTI BAI LODHI SAGAR PROJECT
BARGI HILLS JABALPUR