Bhakra Dam

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Bhakra Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in northern India, renowned for its role in irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and flood control in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
dam
associatedProject Bhakra Canal system
surface form: Bhakra Left Bank Canal

Bhakra Canal system
surface form: Bhakra Right Bank Canal
builtOn Sutlej River
surface form: Sutlej River valley
constructionEra post-independence India
constructionStartDate 1948
country India
createsReservoir Gobind Sagar Lake
energyContribution supplies power to northern grid of India
floodControlRole regulates Sutlej River floods
hasSpillway yes
height about 226 meters
heightFromFoundation about 226 meters
inauguratedBy Jawaharlal Nehru
length about 518 meters
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh
locatedInDistrict Bilaspur district
locatedNear Bhakra village
Rupnagar
surface form: Nangal
locatedOnRiver Sutlej River
managesWaterFor Bhakra Canal system
namedAfter Guru Gobind Singh (via Gobind Sagar)
nearStateBorder Haryana
Punjab
notableFor one of the highest gravity dams in India
openingDate 1963
operator Bhakra Beas Management Board
partOf Bhakra Canal system
surface form: Bhakra–Nangal Project
powerPlantType hydroelectric power station
primaryFunction flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
purpose navigation support (limited)
water supply
regionServed Haryana
Punjab
Rajasthan
northern India
reservoirName Gobind Sagar Lake
surface form: Gobind Sagar
reservoirPurpose flood moderation
irrigation storage
power generation
significance key component of Green Revolution infrastructure in north India
major multipurpose river valley project of India
state Himachal Pradesh
typeOfStructure straight concrete gravity dam
waterBeneficiaries agricultural lands in Haryana
agricultural lands in Punjab
agricultural lands in Rajasthan

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Sutlej River hasDam Bhakra Dam
Nangal Dam associatedWithDam Bhakra Dam