Salal Dam

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Authorities recently opened all gates of the Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after heavy rainfall triggered a sharp rise in water inflow into the Chenab River and the dam reservoir.

About Salal Dam

• The Salal Dam, also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a 690 MW run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir.  
• Though the dam was first conceptualized in 1920, the construction commenced in 1970 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1987.
• This was the first hydropower project, which was built by India under the Indus Water Treaty regime in Kashmir.
• The project is developed and owned by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). 
• Dam Features: 
  • It is an embankment dam constructed primarily from locally sourced materials, which include gravel, sand, and clay, demonstrating a high thermal mass that aids in the regulation of temperature fluctuations within the structure.
  • The dam’s height of 100 meters and length of 1,200 meters creates a reservoir with a capacity of approximately 1,200 million cubic meters.
• Power Distribution: 
  • Jammu and Kashmir receives 12.5 percent of the energy generated from the project. 
  • The rest is transmitted to the Northern Grid, where it is distributed to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.
  • Jammu and Kashmir also purchases additional power at regular prices.

News: DD

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