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Kadana Dam

Kadana Dam is an earthen and masonry on the Mahi River in Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed between 1979 and 1990. The dams a pumped-storage hydroelectric power-station. The first two generators were commissioned in 1990, the second two in 1998. The first two generators commissioned, Stage I, built by the famous Girdharbhai Ghelabhai Mistry (Chief Engineer); are reversible kaplan turbines that allow the power station to generate during peak hours then pump back into the reservoir during low hours such as night.

The dam has an installed capacity of 240 MW.

Kadana Eddy Marking Sedimentary Structures nearby has been declared the National Geological Monuments of India by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.

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