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Dam in Himachal Pradesh, India
Bhakra Nangal Dam
The Bhakra Dam, Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, India
Location in Himachal Pradesh
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Location in India
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Official name
Bhakra Dam
Location
Bhakra Village, Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, India
₹245.28 crore (equivalent to ₹200 billion or US$2.5 billion in 2023)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam
Concrete gravity
Impounds
Satluj River
Height
741 ft (226 m)
Length
1,700 ft (520 m)
Width (crest)
30 ft (9.1 m)
Width (base)
625 ft (191 m)
Spillway type
Controlled, overflow
Reservoir
Creates
Gobindsagar Reservoir
Total capacity
7.551 million megalitres (266.70 tmc ft)
Active capacity
6.007 million megalitres
Catchment area
56980 km2
Surface area
168.35 km2
Maximum water depth
1680 ft
Power Station
Commission date
1962–1963
Turbines
5 x 108 MW, 5 x 157 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity
1325 MW
Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. Nangal Dam is another dam at Nangal in Punjab downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two separate dams.
The dam is located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh and is of height 226 m.[1] The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its reservoir known as "Gobind Sagar" stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water. The 90 km long reservoir created by the Bhakra Dam is spread over an area of 168.35 km2. In terms of storage of water, it is the third largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 12.22 billion cubic meters and the second being Nagarjunasagar Dam in Telangana.
Described as "New Temple of Resurgent India" by Jawaharlal Nehru,[2] the first prime minister of India, the dam attracts tourists from all over India. Bhakra dam is 15 km from Nangal town, Punjab and 106 km from Bilaspur
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