{"id":27740,"date":"2026-07-27T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27740"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:37:29","slug":"gobind-sagar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gobind-sagar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Gobind Sagar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gobind Sagar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Himachal Pradesh is diversifying its tourism sector with the first-ever island tourism project at the Gobind Sagar Lake in Bilaspur district, which is likely to be operational soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gobind Sagar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>manmade reservoir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the Bilaspur district of <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is <\/span><b>named after Guru Gobind Singh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>tenth and last Sikh guru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who spent some time in the region during his military campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was created by the <\/span><b>construction of the Bhakra Dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-sutlej-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Sutlej River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the 1950s and 1960s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>One of the world\u2019s highest gravity dams,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Bhakra Dam is perched at an elevation of 225.5 m above its lowest foundations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gobind Sagar reservoir is 90 k.m. long and encompasses an area of approximately 170 sq. k.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the deepest man-made lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded by lush green hills and the <\/span><b>snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also the<\/span><b> third-largest in the country <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">concerning the<\/span><b> storage of water.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To maintain the level of water, the<\/span><b> flow of river Beas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>channelized to Gobind Sagar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the<\/span><b> Beas-Sutlej link,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was accomplished in 1976.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps in<\/span><b> supplying water for irrigation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the states of <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, significantly benefiting agriculture in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora and Fauna:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1962, the lake was recognized as the <\/span><b>\u2018waterfowl refuge.\u2019<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even today, the lake is home to many species of birds and animals like <\/span><b>Panther, Wolf, Chausinga, Sambar, Hyena, Sloth bear,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nilgai, Chinkara, and wild boar.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to fifty species and sub-species of fishes, namely <\/span><b>Tor Putitora (Mahasheer), Labeo Dero (Gid), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mystus Seenghala (Singhara), and mirror carp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/himachal-pradesh-first-island-tourism-project-at-gobind-sagar-lake-to-be-ready-by-sept-end-10804135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gobind Sagar Lake is a manmade reservoir located in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. 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