Bhakra Nangal
Project:
It is the largest
in India on Sutlej River. It's a joint venture of Punjab, Harayana and
Rajasthan.
It has five
purposes:
i)
Two dams at Bhakra and Nangal
ii)
Nangal hydel channel
iii)
Powerhouse of 1,204 MW
iv)
Electric transmission and
v)
Bhakra canal system for
irrigation.
Bhakra Dam is near
Roopnagar, Ropar dist. The dam is 226m in height, 518m in length, 312m in
width; behind it is Govind Sagar Lake. Bhakra Dam is near Roopnagar, Ropar
dist. The dam is 226m in height, 518m in length, 312m in width; behind it is
Govind Sagar Lake. Nangal Hydel Channel 64.4km long, 42.65m wide and 6.28m deep
Powerhouse of 1204 MW first near Gangunal. Second Kotla, third near Roopnagar
and fourth and fifth near Bhakradam. Bhakra canal 171 km long, maximum water at
Haryana (46.7%), then Punjab (37.7% and then Rajasthan (15.6%)
Damodar Valley
Project:
Damodar is a
tributary of Hughly river in Bengal and has four dams. It was setup on 19th Feb
1948 on the recommendation of W.L. Vordouin, the person who setup TVA in
America.
The four dams are:
Tilaiya dam on
Barakar River; started in 1950 and completed in 1953. Its length is 366m, and
maximum width is 30m. It is the only concrete dam in the area. It has two power
stations of 2,000 KW each.
Konar dam on Konar
River is in Hazarihagh. 3549 m long, maximum height 49m, completed in 1955. It
supplies electricity to Bokaro Steel Project. Maithan dam on the confluence of
Barakar and Damodar Rivers, 994m long and maximum height is 49m, completed in
1958, capacity is 60 MW.
Panchet hill dam on
Damodar river, completed in 1959, dam is 2545m long and maximum height is 49m,
generates 40MW.
Durgapur
Barrage23km from Raniganj, stores irrigation water of 4 DVC dams, it is 83 lm
long and 12m high.
Hirakud Dam:
61m high, 4801m
long, on Mahandi rivers(orissa)
It is the largest
dam in India and one of the largest dams of the world with the gross storage
capacity of 8100 Million cubic meters.
Two more dams have
been built on Mahanadi Tibrapar and Naraj
Kosi Project:
It was started in
1955 with five objectives:(i)Irrigation (ii)Flood control(iii)Power
generation(iv)Land reclamation and(v)Fishing and Navigation.
There are three
units at this Kosi Project:
A barrage near
Hanumannagar (Nepal), 1149m long 72m high, Constructed in 1965.
Flood embankments, built
1959, 270km Eastern Kosi canal, 43.5km long
A powerhouse of 20
MW, has been installed, which is shared by both India and Nepal.
Rihand Valley
Project:
934m long. 92m high
dam on river Rihand a tributary of Sone, near Pipri in Mirzapur
Govind Ballabh
PantSagar, is the largest man made reservoir in India.
One more project
has been built at Ovea on Rihand River.
Chambal Valley
Project:
It is a joint
venture of M.P and Rajasthan started in 1954 on Chambal River (tributary of
Yamuna)
In the first stage the
dam was 64m high and 514m long, was called Gandhi Sagar Dam, it is in
chaurasigarh near Bhanpura, built in 1960.
In the second
stage, one more dam was built which was 54m high and 1143m long was named
Ranapratap Masonry Dam. It is 56km from Rawatbhata
In the third stage,
the dam was 548m long and 45m high called Jawahar Sagar dam at Kota Dam,
constructed in 1971.
Tungbhadra Project:
It is a joint
venture of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
The dam is 50m high
and 2,441m long on Tungbhadra River (a tributary of Krishna)
It is built in
Bellary dist. of Karnataka
There are canals on
both sides of the dam.
There are three
power stations.
Gandak Project:
Joint venture of
Bihar and U.P
This project has
7.47m long and 9.81m high barrage at Bhansolotan in Valmikinagar in Bihar
The project was
completed in 1967
Head Regulator is
at Triveni
The barrage has
four canal two each for India and Nepal
Narmada Valley
Project:
Narmada originates
near Amarkantak Plateau (M.P)
It is the fifth
largest river in India.
The project aims to
have 29 major and 3,000 small dams -The project was concieved in 1945-46.
The largest project
is Sardar Sarovar Project has the capacity of 77 lakh hectare and will provide
is irrigation to 17.92 lakh hectares in Gujarat.
Two power stations
will produce 1,450 MW of hydroelectricity
Second major
project is Narmada Sagar project started in 1984.
Nagaraiuna Sagar
Project:
Started in 1955-56,
the dam is on Krishna River in Nalgonda district.
Its height is
124.7m and length is 1450m.
It has two canals
Jawahar on the right and Lai Bahadur canal on the left
The powerhouse has
two units, 50 MW each.
Vyas Project
(BEAS):
It is a joint
venture of Punjabi, Haryana and Rajasthan,
It has two parts,
Beas Sutlej link and Pong dam,
Beas Sutlej is 61 m
high,
Ramganga Project:
Ramganga is a
tributary of Ganga.
Aim of the project
is to provide irrigation facilities to about 6 lakh hectares of land in western
U.P, to supply 20 cusecs of drinking water to Delhi and to control the floods
in western and central U.P
This project
includes:
A 625.8m long and
125.6m high earth and rock filled dam across the Ramganga river and a Saddle
dam of height 75.6m across the Ghuisot steam near Kalagarh in dist of Garhwal
Across the river a 546m long weir at Hereoli
A feeder canal,
82km in length originating from Hereoli River Remodelling of 3388km of existing
dam and 3880km long new branch canals A powerhouse on the river at its right
bank with an installed capacity of 198 MW.
Mayurakshi Project:
Mayurakshi is a
tributary of the Hughli River
Purpose behind this
project is four fold:(i)Create irrigation potential,(ii) Generate power, (iii)
Control floods and (iv)Control erosion.
A barrage is
constructed across the Mayurakshi River at Tilpara.
Two irrigational
canals are attached with the Tilpara barrage with total length of 1367 km and
providing irrigation in West Bangal and Bihar 4,000 KW of electricity is
supplied to Birbhum, Murshidabad and Santhal Pargana, which is generated by
this project.
Indira Gandhi Canal
Project:
It is the world's
largest irrigation project to provide irrigation to semi arid and arid regions
of Rajasthan.
Water from Pong
barrage built over Beas River is being utilized.
Indira Gandhi canal
once completed will provide irrigation to about 12.51akh hectares of land in
Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Ganganagar dist of Rajasthan.
It has two stages,
in the first stage construction of the Rajasthan feeder, 189 km long Rajasthan
main and about 3,183km long distribution have been taken. The second stage
comprises the construction of the remaining part of the Rajasthan main canal
and 5,409km long distributaries.
Pochampad Project:
This irrigation
project is the second largest project in Andhra Pradesh.
It involve 812m in
length and 43m of height masonry dam on the Godavari River in Adilabad
district.
The storage
capacity of the dam is 230.36 cross m3 -A canal of length 112.63km will provide
irrigation facilities in Karimnagar and Adilabad districts .
Tehri Dam Project:
Alaknanda is the
river on which this dam is being constructed in Tehri district of Uttranchal.
Motives behind this
project is to collect the flood water of the Bhagirathi and the Bhilangana
rivers in a large reservoir behind the dam Hydroelectricity generation, To
provide irrigation facilities to agricultural land in the westem U.P.
Tehri dam has a
distinction of highest rock fill dam in the country,
2,70,000 hectares
of agricultural land in western U.P and Delhi with the supply of 300 cusecs is
going to be facilitated by this project.
2,400 MW is the
installed capacity of power generation A concrete dam at Kateshwar, 22km away
from the Tehri dam will impound water released by the Tehri dam, from where
another 400 MW of electricity will be generated.
Farraka Barrage
Project:
River Navigation
and to augment the water flow river is the main objective of this project. A
barrage across the Ganga River, 2,240 in length to maintain 271akh cu sec of
flood discharge 60,000 cusec of floodwater flow to be maintained by a barrage
across the Bhagirathi river length will be 213 m. A feeder canal 38.38km in
length to divert 40,000 cusecs of water to Hughli River.
Providing
infrastructure to develop river navigation and To build a rail cum road bridge
to connect West Bengal with North East India.
Machkund Project:
It is a joint
venture of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
A dam of height 54m
and 410 m in length, has been constructed on Machkund river.
Project includes a
powerhouse with 115 MW as the installed capacity.
Parambikulam
Project:
This Project is a
joint venture of Kerala and Tamil nadu.
Under this project
185 MW of electricity will be generated and 1.01 lakh hectare of land will be
irrigated.
Water of 8 small
rivers would be utilised.
Mahi Project:
It is on Mahi
River, which has its origin in Vindhyas in Dhardis of M.P.
First stage 796 m
in length and 21m of height dam is being constructed at Banakbori village. This
stage also has 74km long canals to irrigate 1.86 hectares of land.
2nd stage
construction of a dam of 1,430m in length and 58 m high to irrigation 80,000 of
area near kodana.
A generation of 40
MW of electricity with irrigation of 2.75 lakh hectares of land is going to be
done by this project.
Kakrapara Project:
Project is in
Gujarat on Tapti River.
Project involves a
dam 14 m high and 621m long.
2.27 lakh hectares
of land will be irrigated with the help of two canals of 505 km and 837 km in
length.
Koyna Project:
In Maharashtra, on
Koyna river.
Project involves
construction of a dam 250 m in height.
Hansdev Bango
Project:
Project involves construction
of a 85m high stone dam on Hansdev river in M.P.
It will irrigate
3.28 lakh hectares of land and also be used for industrial purposes.
Bargi Project:
It is on river
Bargi near Jabalpur in M.P.
It is a
multipurpose project once completed will irrigate 2.45 lakh hectares of land.
25, Bhima Project.
This project
includes construction of two dams -One dam on river Pabna near Pune in
Maharashtra, which will be 1,319 m long and 42m high.
Other dam with a
length of 2467m and a height of 56.4m will be constructed on river Krishna in
Sholapur district of Maharashtra.
Some other Projects
are:
Jayakwadi Project:
on Godavri in Maharashtra.
Ukai Project: on
River Tapti in Gujarat.
Puma Project: on
River Puma in Maharashtra.
Periyar Project: on
River Periyar in Kerala.
Saharawasi Hydel
Project: near Jog water falls in Karnataka.
Tawa Project: on
Tawa River. M.P.
Mata Teela Dam: on
River Betwa, Jhansi; U.P,
Kunda Project:
Tamil Nadu.
Sabrigiri Project:
Kerala.
Balimela: Orissa.
Salal: on River
Chenab
Kalindi: Karnataka
Idduki: Kerala
Bhadra: on River
Bhadra, Karnataka.
Kukadi: Maharashtra
Naptha Jhakri:
Himachal Pradesh.
Dulhasti: Jammu and
Kashmir on river Chenab.
Girna: on river
Girna, Maharashtra
Jawai Project: on
River Jawai, Rajasthan
Jakham Project:
Rajasthan
Parwati Project:
River Parwat, Rajasthan
Orai Project: River
Orai, Rajasthan
Singrauli Super
Power Project: Uttar Pradesh
