Damsal Dam is an earth-fill dam in Mehingrowal of Hoshiarpur district, northern India.Page 505, Biodiversity in the Shivalik ecosystem of Punjab, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Neelima Jerath, Puja, Jatinder Chadha, Zoological Survey of India (Solan, India), India. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Punjab (India). Dept. of Science, Technology, and Environment, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1 January 2006 It is on the seasonal Damsal River and primarily serves for flood control and irrigation in the area. The dam is maintained by Kandi Area Dam Maintenance Division, Hoshiarpur.
The dam and reservoir are also called the Mehingrowal watershed and is situated about 20 km from Hoshiarpur town. It had construction cost of Rs. 1203.88 lacs; with a height . It provides irrigation to and has saved of land from floods.Retrieved from Official Government website: hoshiarpur.nic.in
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