River(Impounds): Mahi River
Location: Panchmahal district
Opening: 1989
Height: 66 m
Length: 575 m
Total Capacity: 975,000 acre·ft
History:
Kadana Dam is an earthen and masonry dam on the Mahi River in Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed between 1979 and 1989. The dam supports 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, are reversible Francis turbines that allow the power station to generate electricity during peak hours then pump it back into the reservoir during low demand hours such as night.