SYNOPSIS ON

“EVALUATION OF BACHARA DAM, MEJA

PRAYAGRAJ UTTAR PRADESH”
Submitted in partial fulfillment for award degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED BY :
SURAJ MISHRA :PID – 18BTAG131
ADARSH MISHRA :PID – 18BTAG160
ANKIT UPADHYAY:PID -18BTAG164

Under the Guidance of

DR. ALEX THOMAS
Assistant Professor
( Vaugh Institute of Agricultural Engineering Technology)

SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,

TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCES,
PRAYAGRAJ UTTAR PRADESH – 211007
 Introduction
Irrigation is an important aspect of agriculture and food
production. In India flow irrigation is through minor irrigation
dams, medium and major irrigation schemes.
Most of the irrigation projects are not functioning properly due
to lack of maintenance, less revenue and farmers not being
involved in the management of the scheme.
It is for this reason the present study is undertaken to know the
problems faced by engineers and farmers.
An earthen embankment is a raised confining structure made
from compacted soil. The purpose of an earthen embankment is
to confine and divert the storm water runoff. It can also be used
for increasing infiltration, detention and retention facilities. 
Earthen embankments are generally trapezoidal in shape and
most simple and economic in nature. They are mainly built with
clay, sand and gravel, hence they are also known as earth fill
dams or earthen dams. They are not constructed where the
foundation or the underlying material or rocks are weak to
support the masonry dam or where the suitable competent rocks
are at greater depth. They are relatively smaller in height and
broader at the base.
 OBJECTIVE

 To study the dam specification and its importance.

 To evaluate the functioning of the dam in the
terms of capacity utilization, gross cropped area
catchment characteristics.
 Study farmer responses and benefits along with
suggestions for improvement.
 Review and literature

 CRISTOFANO (1965) considered the angle of

repose of given soil as dominant input for the
estimation of the process of the breach erosion.
 HARRIS AND WAGNER (1967) predicted breach
flow for a dam breach of parabolic shape while
considering some assumptions for breach
parameters and sediment properties.
 JOHNSON AND ILLES (1976) described failure
shapes of arch dams, gravity dams, and earthen
dams. He explicated trapezoidal and few triangular
breach shapes particularly for earthen dams.
 SINGH AND SNORRASON (1982) studied 20
dam failures and deduced the variation of breach
width from 2 to 5 times the height of the dam. They
observed that it will take 15 minutes to 1 hour for
the complete failure of the dam and in the case of
failure due to overtopping, the maximum depth
before failure ranged between 0.15 to 0.61 meters.
 Materials and methods
 Collection of secondary data from minor irrigation
department.
 Study the details and prepare survey schedule for survey of
formers and other state holder.
 Test the survey schedule in the field.
 Calculate sample size for formers at the head, middle and
tail end of the command area.
 Tabulation of data collected from field engineers and
farmers.
 Study the collected data and prepare final report.