05-02-2018, 12:21 PM
India's Bhakra Nangal project (with interesting facts)!
This is the biggest and most important multipurpose project on the river Satluj, in the name of two dams built in Bhakra and Nangal. This is a joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan states which have been created to utilize precious water of Sutlej for the benefit of the respective states.
(I) Two dams in Bhakra and Nangal, (ii) Nangal Hydal channel, (iii) Electric houses with a combined installed capacity of 1,204 MW (MW) (iv) Electric transmission line and (v) Bhakra canal system irrigation for
Bhakra dam is one of the most directly gravity dams in the world. It has been built on the Sutlej at the site of the bhakra armor near Roopnagar (Ropar). The dam is 226 meters high and 518 meters long, its maximum width is 362 meters.
The dam has built a huge reservoir of 88 km long and 8km wide with 9 86.8 million cubic meters of storage capacity. This reservoir has been named as Govindsagar Lake, which is Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikh community.
Nangal Dam has been constructed in Nangal in Nangal, about 13 km from Bhakra Dam. It is a 29 meter high, 305 meter long and 121 meter wide auxiliary dam, which acts as a balance reservoir to take daily fluctuation from Bhakra Dam.
Nangal Hydel channel is 64.4 km long, 42.65 meters wide and 6.28 meters deep canal. It has been tightened throughout time to avoid durability. It is one of the longest limitedated canals in the world. It moves away from the left bank of the river and flows through the slope of the steep sloping.
Within a distance of 64 km, the altitude decreases 70 meters. Its main function is to turn the electric houses turbines under the Nangal dam, but it also provides water to the Bhakra irrigation canals.
Electricity houses have been constructed to generate hydro power from Satluj river water. A power house has been constructed at about 19 km of Gangavale from Nangal. Another power house has been constructed at a distance of 29 km from Nangal Dam. It is known as the Kotla Power House.
Gangwal and Kotla power houses have 2 units of 2 MW and one unit is 29 MW of electricity. The third power house is in Rupnagar. Two power houses have been built in the Bhakra Dam, one of which is on the left side and the other is on the right bank of the river. The installed capacity of these two power houses is 450 MW and 600 MW respectively.
The main Bhakra Canal is 174 km long, the canal system and length of distribution are 1,104 km and 3,360 km respectively. The canal system gives an order of about 27 lakh hectares of gross area and provides irrigation up to 15 lakh hectares. Out of these, 37.7 percent were in Punjab, 46.7 percent in Haryana and remaining 15.6 percent in Rajasthan.
This is the biggest and most important multipurpose project on the river Satluj, in the name of two dams built in Bhakra and Nangal. This is a joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan states which have been created to utilize precious water of Sutlej for the benefit of the respective states.
(I) Two dams in Bhakra and Nangal, (ii) Nangal Hydal channel, (iii) Electric houses with a combined installed capacity of 1,204 MW (MW) (iv) Electric transmission line and (v) Bhakra canal system irrigation for
Bhakra dam is one of the most directly gravity dams in the world. It has been built on the Sutlej at the site of the bhakra armor near Roopnagar (Ropar). The dam is 226 meters high and 518 meters long, its maximum width is 362 meters.
The dam has built a huge reservoir of 88 km long and 8km wide with 9 86.8 million cubic meters of storage capacity. This reservoir has been named as Govindsagar Lake, which is Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikh community.
Nangal Dam has been constructed in Nangal in Nangal, about 13 km from Bhakra Dam. It is a 29 meter high, 305 meter long and 121 meter wide auxiliary dam, which acts as a balance reservoir to take daily fluctuation from Bhakra Dam.
Nangal Hydel channel is 64.4 km long, 42.65 meters wide and 6.28 meters deep canal. It has been tightened throughout time to avoid durability. It is one of the longest limitedated canals in the world. It moves away from the left bank of the river and flows through the slope of the steep sloping.
Within a distance of 64 km, the altitude decreases 70 meters. Its main function is to turn the electric houses turbines under the Nangal dam, but it also provides water to the Bhakra irrigation canals.
Electricity houses have been constructed to generate hydro power from Satluj river water. A power house has been constructed at about 19 km of Gangavale from Nangal. Another power house has been constructed at a distance of 29 km from Nangal Dam. It is known as the Kotla Power House.
Gangwal and Kotla power houses have 2 units of 2 MW and one unit is 29 MW of electricity. The third power house is in Rupnagar. Two power houses have been built in the Bhakra Dam, one of which is on the left side and the other is on the right bank of the river. The installed capacity of these two power houses is 450 MW and 600 MW respectively.
The main Bhakra Canal is 174 km long, the canal system and length of distribution are 1,104 km and 3,360 km respectively. The canal system gives an order of about 27 lakh hectares of gross area and provides irrigation up to 15 lakh hectares. Out of these, 37.7 percent were in Punjab, 46.7 percent in Haryana and remaining 15.6 percent in Rajasthan.