Baglihar Dam

India / Jammu and Kashmir / Batote /
WRIS ID : Baglihar Dam D03079
More details here : india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Baglihar...

The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project was started in 1999 and completed in October 2008.

Pakistan objected that the project violated the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. In 2005 the World Bank, a signatory of the Indus Water Treaty, appointed a Swiss civil engineer to adjudicate the difference. His verdict was given in 2007 and both India and Pakistan have agreed to abide by it, although Pakistan expressed disappointment at some aspects.
Details of the dam:
Type: Concrete gravity
Height: 144.5m
Length: 317m long at the top
Main spillway: six submerged radial gates, 10m wide x 10.5m high
Chute spillway: two crest radial gates, 12m wide x 19m high
Reservoir : Live storage capacity of 15Mm3
Gross head : 130m
Two horseshoe shape diversion tunnels, 939m long
10.15m diameter circular headrace tunnel, 2070m long
Tailrace tunnel - 160m long, 10m wide, 19-27.5m-high, D-shaped
Power house
Underground cavern, 121 m x 24 m x 50 m
3 Francis Vertical axis turbines of 150 MWs each
Rated discharge per stage: 430 cubic metres/sec.
Installed capacity: 450 MWs, in Stage I.
Generation: 2.804 billion units in a 90% dependable year.
Transmission
Underground transformer hall having 10 transformers of 11kV/400kV single-phase.
Outdoor 400kV switchyard.
Contractors
1) Jaiprakash Associates Ltd., for all civil and hydromechanical works, on EPC basis.
2) Siemens/VA Tech Hydro Vevey for Electro-Mechanical works.
3) Lahmeyer International for design and contracts review, construction supervision and contract management.
Source: Jaypee Group / Lahmeyer International
www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=166&st...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty


Photo by Channi Anand.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baglihar_Dam
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   33°9'42"N   75°19'36"E

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