Bhakra Dam Explained

Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Himachal Pradesh, forming the Gobind Sagar reservoir.

The wall stands 226 m tall. Temples rarely feature spillway gates.

Sir Chhotu Ram conceptualised the project in early 1923. Construction started in 1948 and was completed by 1963.

Bhakra Dam was the only dam in Asia producing that much power.

American Harvey Slocum consulted on the build. A small city is a lot of roommates.

Ten power generators provide a total capacity of one thousand three hundred twenty five megawatts. The left units were supplied by Hitachi from Japan.

The Bhakra Canal irrigates 10 million acres across Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

Gobind Sagar stores 9.34 billion cubic metres of water. The reservoir is 90 km long.