{"id":89012,"date":"2026-02-20T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=89012"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:21:17","slug":"shetrunji-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shetrunji-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Shetrunji Dam, Location, Importance, Storage Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shetrunji Dam is an important medium irrigation project located in the western state of Gujarat. It lies in the semi-arid region of Saurashtra, which frequently faces water scarcity. It plays a crucial role in irrigation, drinking water supply, and regional agricultural development.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shetrunji Dam<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shetrunji Dam is built on the Shetrunji River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region in Gujarat, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a designed gross storage capacity of 308.68 million cubic metre (mcm), the\u00a0largest\u00a0in Saurashtra region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest reservoir in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dams-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dams in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shetrunji River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shetrunji River is an important <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/indian-river-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>river system<\/strong><\/a> of the Saurashtra region in Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It originates from the Chachai Hills in the Gir Forest area of Junagadh district, at a height of around 380 metres above mean sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its source, the river flows generally eastward before finally draining into the Gulf of Cambay (Gulf of Khambhat).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river stretches for approximately 182 kilometres from its origin to its mouth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers a drainage basin of about 5,514 square kilometres, supporting agriculture and settlements in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important tributaries that join it include Safara, Shel, Khari, Talaji, Stali, Thebu, Gagadia, Rajwal, and Kharo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is seasonal in nature, meaning it does not flow throughout the year. Its water flow largely depends on the south-west monsoon rainfall.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check Shetrunji Dam in Saurashtra, Gujarat, built on the Shetrunji River with 308.68 MCM capacity, supporting irrigation, drinking water and farming in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":88795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[4935,5102,5599],"class_list":{"0":"post-89012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-geography","9":"tag-geography-notes","10":"tag-shetrunji-dam","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89020,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89012\/revisions\/89020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}