

Location: Across river Sutlej at the foot of Shivalik Hills in Himachal Pradesh
Type: Straight gravity, concrete dam
Length: 518 m Max.
Height: 226 m
Reservoir:
Gross Storage: 9867.8 M.cu.m
Live storage: 7770.9 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 1.48 M.ha (In Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan)
Power: Left bank 5 units of 90 MW each, Right bank 5 units of 120 MW each
Location: Across river Krishna near Nandikonda village in Nalgonda district about 144 km from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh
Type: Stone masonry and earthen dam
Length:
Stone masonry: 1450 m,
Earthen: 3414.6 m Max.
Height: 124.7 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 11538.7 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 6797 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 0.83 M.ha
Location: Across river Chambal 51.5 km upstream of Kota Barrage and 56.33 km downstream of Gandhi Sagar Dam
Type: Stone masonry gravity dam
Length: 1143.29 m Max.
Height: 53.96 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 2900 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 1567 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 0.1214 M.ha (In Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan from Kota Barrage),
Power: 4 units of 43000 kW each
Location: Across river Chambal about 8 km downstream of Chaurasigarh fort in Mandsaur district near Jhalawar Road Railway station in Madhya Pradesh
Type: Straight gravity stone masonry dam
Length: 514 m Max.
Height: 63.7 m
Reservoir:
Gross storage: 7746 M.cu.m.,
Live storage: 6920 M.cu.m
Benefit: Irrigation: 222 585 ha. (In Madhya Pradesh from Kota Barrage),
Power: 5 units of 23000 kW each
RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION All the waters entering the reservoir carry some amount of silt. The amount of silt in the water coming into the reservoir depends upon the topography, nature of the soil, vegetation cover over the catchment, and also upon the intensity of rainfall. If soil in the catchment is soft there is always possibility…
KHOSLA’S THEORY Some siphons on the upper Chenab canal, which were design according to Bligh’s theory gave trouble. Khosla along with his associates was ask by the government to investigate the causes of trouble and to suggest remedial measures. Khosla and his associates insert some pipes on the D/S side of the weir through impervious…
SEEPAGE CONTROL MEASURES The safety of earth dam depends almost entirely on seepage control through dam and its foundation. Hence measures of seepage control are very important for the success of an earthen dam. Seepage control through the dam. Seepage control through the foundation. Various measures of seepage control under each categoray have been discussed…
SIDE CHANNEL SPILLWAY This spillway is suitable for earth or rock fill dams, in narrow canyons and other situations. This spillway is also the best choice where a long overflow crest is require so as to limit the surcharge head and also under the situation where abutments are steep and precipitous. In this spillway the…
Learn: Types of Indian Soil,different types of indian soils,Red Soils,Laterite Soils,Black Soils,Alluvial Soils,Sandy or Desert Soils, TYPES OF INDIAN SOILS From an agricultural point of view, the Indian soils may be classified into the following categories. 1. Red Soils. Red soils are light textured porous and friable soils. These soils are the residual soils left…
ADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE DAMS There are some advantages of concrete dams described as following: The maintenance cost of gravity dams is very small. Spill ways can be installed in the dam itself and no separate site for them is required. They can be constructed for very large heights. Ice and other outer effects do not…