What is special about Bhakra dam?

The dam holds excess waters during the monsoon and provides a regulated release during the year. It also prevents damage due to monsoon floods. The Bhakra Canal fed by this dam provides irrigation to 10 million acres of (40,000 km²) fields in Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

What is special about Bhakra Nangal Dam?

The Bhakra-Nangal Dam, a second tallest dam in Asia after Tehri dam with a height of 207.26 meters approximately, was the only dam in Asia to have a capacity to produce 1500 MW of power back in 2013. The Bhakra-Nangal Dam is the second tallest dam in Asia and located in the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

Why is Bhakra famous?

Situated right on the border of North Indian states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, the very famous Bhakra Dam is the highest straight gravity Dam in the world.

Who made Bhakra dam?

Initially, the construction of the dam was started by Sir Louis Dane, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. But the project got delayed and was restarted soon after independence under the chief architect Rai Bahadur Kunwar Sen Gupta. It was financed entirely by the union government.

Which is the tallest dam in Asia?

Currently, the tallest dam in the world is Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. It is 984 feet (300 meters) tall. Hoover Dam is 726.4 feet (221.3 meters) tall.

Bhakra Nangal Dam one of earliest dams built in post Independence India, Dark side of Bhakra Nangal

Where is Bhakra Nangal dam built?

Bhakra dam is constructed on Satluj river and located in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab border near Nangal city. It is intended for irrigation as well as hydro-electric purposes.

Which is the first dam in India?

Kallanai Dam built across the Kaveri river of Tamil Nadu is the oldest dam (first dam) in India. It is also known as the Grand Anicut.

Which canal takes water from Bhakra dam?

Answer. Explanation: Water flows from Bhakra Dam downstream Nangal dam where it is controlled and released into Nangal Hydel Channel that later becomes Bhakra Main Line after Ganguwal and Kotla power plants. The Bhakra main line is a canal that mostly supplies irrigation water to the state of Haryana.

What happens if Bhakra Nangal dam breaks?

If the Bhakra Nangal Dam is broken, thedamage would be enormous. Estimates show 1500 villages will be marooned and food production will be halted for the next six months. The loss of life and livestock would be very great.

Which is the biggest dam in the world 2021?

The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1,001 ft). The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the 300 m (984 ft) Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tallest gravity dam is the 285 m (935 ft) high Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland.

Can we visit Bhakra dam?

The Bhakra Dam is one of the biggest Dam in India. To visit the Bhakra dam you have to take special permit.

Which is the smallest dam in the world?

The smallest dam in the world, according to some sources, is the Inks Dam on the Colorado River. She stands at around 97 feet (29.4 meters) tall and is about 1,550 feet (472 mt) long.

How many dams are in India?

India is on a dam-building spree, especially in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, over the two largest river basins in the subcontinent—the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. India has 5,202 large dams.

Where is the oldest dam?

The Quatinah Barrage or Lake Homs Dam, located in Syria, is the oldest operational dam in the world. The dam was constructed during the reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Sethi between 1319-1304 BC, and was expanded during the Roman period and between 1934 and 1938.