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As he flicked on the switch of the power house, Dakotas of the Indian air force dipper their wings overhead. Next he opened the sluice gates of the dam. Seeing the water coming towards them, the villagers downstream set off hundreds of homemade crackers. As one eyewitness wrote, 'For 150 miles the
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The Bhakra-Nangal multipurpose dams were among the earliest river valley development schemes undertaken by India after independence though the project had been conceived long before India became a free nation. The agreement for this project had been signed by the then Punjab
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it inspires our admiration and reverence". On 22 October 2013, the
Government of India approved the release of a commemorative stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bhakra Dam. As how successful India was at that time that it was the only dam in Asia which could produce 1500 MW power.
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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.
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Management Board (BBMB) was constituted in 1966 for the administration, maintenance and operation of Bhakra Nangal Project from 1 October 1967. It manages the operation of both the dams. Its members are appointed by the government of India and by the states of
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Bhakra Dam has ten power generators with five on each side. Generators for the left power house were originally supplied by
Hitachi, Japan and upgraded to the present capacity by Sumitomo, Hitachi and Andritz. Generators for the right side were originally supplied by
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November 1944 with Raja of Bilaspur and finalised the project plan on 8 January 1945. Preliminary works commenced in 1946. Construction of the dam started in 1948; Jawaharlal Nehru poured the first bucket of concrete into the dry riverbed of the
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boisterous celebration spread like a chain reaction along the great canal and the branches and distributaries to the edge of the Rajasthan Desert, long before the water got there'
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823:Soviet Union
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794:Bhakra Canal
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749:Oroville Dam
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645:Total length
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524:Gobind Sagar
518:in northern
496:
495:
476:Francis-type
353:Satluj River
323:245.28 crore
115:
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68:"Bhakra Dam"
63:
51:Please help
46:verification
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3164:Chamera Dam
3149:Bhakhra Dam
2975:Switzerland
2915:Netherlands
2779:New Zealand
2757:Australasia
2718:South Korea
2698:Philippines
2623:Afghanistan
2518:Ivory Coast
2422:Asia portal
2323:States with
2243:Philippines
2183:South Korea
2178:North Korea
2073:Afghanistan
1996:West Bengal
1991:Uttarakhand
1921:Maharashtra
1911:Lakshadweep
1663:Chamera Dam
1544:Hydrography
1436:bbmb.gov.in
1381:bbmb.gov.in
1356:bbmb.gov.in
1331:bbmb.gov.in
1235:15 February
1099:14 November
1094:bbmb.gov.in
763:and second
627: /
602:Coordinates
504:gravity dam
267: /
243:Coordinates
3241:Categories
3184:Pandoh Dam
3179:Kishau Dam
2815:Azerbaijan
2769:East Timor
2673:Kyrgyzstan
2668:Kazakhstan
2628:Azerbaijan
2548:Mozambique
2303:Uzbekistan
2278:Tajikistan
2193:Kyrgyzstan
2173:Kazakhstan
2093:Bangladesh
2083:Azerbaijan
1971:Tamil Nadu
1951:Puducherry
1846:Chandigarh
1683:Pandoh Dam
1673:Koldam Dam
1668:Chamera II
1658:Bhakra Dam
1491:Bhakra Dam
1441:10 January
1033:Koldam Dam
943:Chandigarh
915:Chandigarh
888:Management
854:Chandigarh
788:Irrigation
695:Louis Dane
615:76°26′00″E
612:31°24′39″N
252:31°24′39″N
219:Bhakra Dam
109:March 2010
79:newspapers
3042:Argentina
2910:Lithuania
2774:Indonesia
2764:Australia
2723:Sri Lanka
2713:Singapore
2648:Indonesia
2578:Swaziland
2389:Hong Kong
2343:Palestine
2268:Sri Lanka
2263:Singapore
2143:Indonesia
1976:Telangana
1961:Rajasthan
1931:Meghalaya
1901:Karnataka
1896:Jharkhand
1467:8 January
1416:9 January
1386:9 January
1361:9 January
1336:9 January
1311:9 January
1285:9 January
1260:9 January
1125:25 August
974:Tehri Dam
931:Rajasthan
903:Rajasthan
850:Rajasthan
806:Rajasthan
711:Rajasthan
648:1700 feet
464:1962–1963
443:168.35 km
399:Reservoir
255:76°26′0″E
3252:Rupnagar
3154:Pong Dam
3062:Paraguay
3057:Colombia
2960:Slovenia
2955:Slovakia
2935:Portugal
2830:Bulgaria
2738:Thailand
2693:Pakistan
2683:Malaysia
2598:Zimbabwe
2583:Tanzania
2508:Ethiopia
2493:Cameroon
2483:Botswana
2412:Category
2333:Abkhazia
2283:Thailand
2238:Pakistan
2218:Mongolia
2213:Maldives
2208:Malaysia
2108:Cambodia
1941:Nagaland
1688:Pong Dam
1564:Banganga
1179:11 April
992:See also
986:Bilaspur
954:Pong dam
743:Features
661:Location
579:Bilaspur
501:concrete
470:Turbines
349:Impounds
224:Location
3174:Kol Dam
3159:Kol Dam
2985:Ukraine
2940:Romania
2895:Ireland
2890:Iceland
2885:Hungary
2875:Germany
2870:Georgia
2860:Finland
2855:Estonia
2850:Denmark
2835:Croatia
2820:Belgium
2810:Austria
2805:Armenia
2800:Albania
2748:Vietnam
2688:Myanmar
2638:Georgia
2558:Nigeria
2553:Namibia
2543:Morocco
2528:Liberia
2488:Burundi
2308:Vietnam
2223:Myanmar
2203:Lebanon
2133:Georgia
2088:Bahrain
2078:Armenia
1981:Tripura
1936:Mizoram
1926:Manipur
1881:Haryana
1876:Gujarat
1732:on the
1589:Parvati
1211:10 July
960:Tourism
927:Haryana
899:Haryana
882:Mahseer
868:Fishing
846:Haryana
802:Haryana
726:writes:
656:30 feet
584:History
506:on the
451:1680 ft
404:Creates
306: (
288: (
93:scholar
3047:Brazil
3016:Mexico
3006:Canada
2980:Turkey
2970:Sweden
2950:Serbia
2945:Russia
2930:Poland
2925:Norway
2905:Latvia
2880:Greece
2865:France
2840:Cyprus
2793:Europe
2733:Taiwan
2703:Russia
2593:Zambia
2588:Uganda
2563:Rwanda
2533:Malawi
2478:Angola
2471:Africa
2353:Taiwan
2288:Turkey
2253:Russia
2188:Kuwait
2168:Jordan
2158:Israel
2118:Cyprus
2103:Brunei
2098:Bhutan
1966:Sikkim
1956:Punjab
1946:Odisha
1906:Kerala
1765:Bhakra
1760:Koldam
1755:Rampur
1734:Sutlej
1604:Sutlej
1599:Shalvi
1556:Rivers
1151:
1074:17 May
941:, and
923:Punjab
913:, and
895:Punjab
842:Punjab
827:Russia
804:, and
798:Punjab
703:Punjab
687:Sutlej
588:Bridge
575:Nangal
532:Punjab
528:Nangal
508:Satluj
367:Length
359:Height
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3052:Chile
2965:Spain
2900:Italy
2728:Syria
2663:Japan
2643:India
2633:China
2573:Sudan
2523:Kenya
2513:Ghana
2503:Egypt
2394:Macau
2313:Yemen
2273:Syria
2248:Qatar
2228:Nepal
2163:Japan
2138:India
2128:Egypt
2113:China
2005:Other
1866:Delhi
1841:Bihar
1836:Assam
1623:Lakes
1569:Baspa
1230:(PDF)
1205:(PDF)
1198:(PDF)
1050:Notes
939:Delhi
911:Delhi
858:Delhi
653:Width
520:India
499:is a
487:1325
237:India
100:JSTOR
86:books
3129:and
2678:Laos
2658:Iraq
2653:Iran
2616:Asia
2538:Mali
2233:Oman
2198:Laos
2153:Iraq
2148:Iran
1629:See
1609:Tons
1594:Ravi
1574:Beas
1469:2016
1443:2016
1418:2016
1388:2016
1363:2016
1338:2016
1313:2016
1287:2016
1262:2016
1237:2020
1213:2011
1181:2017
1149:ISBN
1127:2017
1101:2009
1076:2012
919:Beas
856:and
308:1963
301:1963
290:1948
283:1948
72:news
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