Shahpur Kandi Dam Project

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India plans to block the surplus water flow from the Ravi River to Pakistan as the delayed Shahpur Kandi dam on the J&K–Punjab border heads for completion.

About Shahpur Kandi Dam Project

• It is located on the Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, downstream from the existing Ranjit Sagar Dam.
• The water released by Ranjit Sagar Dam is utilized for generating power from this project. 
• Declared a national project in 2008, the dam is being built at a cost of Rs 3,394.49 crore, with Punjab contributing 80 percent and the Centre funding the remaining 20 percent.
• It is constructed by the irrigation department of the Government of Punjab.
• It features a 55.5 m high concrete gravity dam with 206 MW power output and a 7.7 km hydel channel. 
• The project has the potential to irrigate around 5,000 hectares in Punjab and 32,000 hectares in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sambha and Kathua districts. 
• The dam will help save any excess Ravi water that used to flow to Pakistan during the rainy season, utilising it for the benefit of the Indian farmers.

Source: N18

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