Yashwant Sagar

Yashwant Sagar
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Location	Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates	22°48′33.6″N 75°41′39.8″E
River sources	Gambhir river
Built	1939 (1939)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Yashwant Sagar
Designated	7 January 2022
Reference no.	2495[1]

Yashwant Sagar is a dam reservoir on Gambhir river, located around 26 kilometers west of Indore near Hatod village on Indore-Depalpur road in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. It supplies water to Indore. It is spread over around 2,650 hectares.^[2][3] It was built in 1939.^[4]

It is one of the strongholds of the vulnerable Sarus crane in central India. It is also one of the 19 Important Bird Areas of Madhya Pradesh. Also it is one of the two IBAs in Indore region as well as one of the most important birding sites in Malwa.^[5] The reservoir has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2022.^[1]

See also

• Sirpur Lake
• Important Bird Area
• Sarus Crane

References

1. "Yashwant Sagar". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
2. (India), Madhya Pradesh (9 April 2018). "Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Hoshangabad". Government Central Press – via Google Books.
3. "Yashvant Sagar(Corporation) Dam D02953 -". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in.
4. "Yashwant Sagar Dam". www.industryabout.com.
5. "Birding Spots of Indore". wordpress.com. 20 February 2013.