{"id":20881,"date":"2026-02-18T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20881"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:42:06","slug":"shahpur-kandi-dam-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shahpur-kandi-dam-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahpur Kandi Dam Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shahpur Kandi Dam Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India plans to block the surplus water flow from the Ravi River to Pakistan as the delayed Shahpur Kandi dam on the J&amp;K\u2013Punjab border heads for completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shahpur Kandi Dam Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ravi-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ravi River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Pathankot district, <\/span><b>Punjab<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> downstream from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the existing <\/span><b>Ranjit Sagar Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>water released by Ranjit Sagar Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>utilized for generating power from this project.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Declared a national project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2008, the dam is being built at a cost of Rs 3,394.49 crore, with <\/span><b>Punjab contributing 80 percent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><b> Centre funding <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the remaining <\/span><b>20 percent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is constructed by the irrigation department of the Government of Punjab.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a 55.5 m high <\/span><b>concrete gravity dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>206 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> power output and a 7.7 km hydel channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project has the potential to <\/span><b>irrigate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">around 5,000 hectares in <\/span><b>Punjab <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 32,000 hectares in <\/span><b>Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sambha and Kathua districts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam will <\/span><b>help save any excess Ravi water that used to flow to Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the rainy season, utilising it for the benefit of the Indian farmers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/after-indus-water-move-india-to-stop-ravi-waters-to-pakistan-as-shahpur-kandi-dam-nears-finish-ws-d-9911333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N18<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shahpur Kandi Dam Project is located on the Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, downstream from the existing Ranjit Sagar Dam. 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