The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the

West Banas River The West Banas is a river in western India. It originates from the southern Aravalli Range, in Sirohi District of the state of Rajasthan. It flows south, draining the valley between Mount Abu on the west and the easterly ridge of the Aravallis on ...

near Dantiwada,

Banaskantha district Banaskantha district is one of the thirty-three districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Palanpur which is also its largest city. The district is located in the Northeast of Gujarat and is pre ...

of northern

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control. 111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include forest land, wasteland, cultivable land. It irrigated in 1994–95. The Dantiwada Dam failed in 1973, 8 years after it was constructed.Embankment Dam Failure: A Downstream Flood Hazard Assessment
/ref> On 10 April 2015,

Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...

declared for the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of three talukas.

References

Banaskantha district Dams in Gujarat Masonry dams Dams completed in 1965 Tourist attractions in Banaskantha district 1965 establishments in Gujarat 20th-century architecture in India {{India-dam-stub