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 Dhauliganga Dam | Uttarkhand 

 Dhauliganga power station



Uttarakhand is the land of river many Rivers ,  tributaries , streams are originated here , and rivers are used to irrigate as well as for hydroelectricity .

In Uttarakhand there 15 major dams built in different different areas for various things  may it be for irrigation , hydroelectricity or flood control .

Uttarakhand is blessed with India's Highest dam Tehri Dam which 260.5 m high .

Uttarakhand is a confident state which flaunts extraordinary Water resources and usage . The water from common sources like ice sheets and rains are gathered in the dams. These dams at that point go about as enormous water stockpiling tanks which are utilized for gathering energy. 

River , Vishnuprayag , Dhauliganga , rishiganga
Dhauliganga River


Dhauliganga Dam 

The Dhauliganga Dam(NHPC) is a concrete Dam and earth fill embankment Dam on the river Dhauliganga , this dam is close to Dharchula in Uttarakhand state India , this Area is very close to the borders with Tibet and Nepal . it is not a big capacity or a big poundage dams as we have , but this was made by some of the most biggest construction tycoons in the World . 
Dhauliganga dam is constructed by a joint venture of Kajiima company which is a Japanese company with collaboration with Daewoo [E&C] powered by Bauer Maschinen .
two more companies which are present in this project are Hindustan Unilever and Samsung[E&c].

I generates 280 MW of hydro power.
this project is highly damaged in the great flood of 2013 in Uttarakhand , all the machinery were replaced with the new one , which affects the working for about 6 months .
the current conditions of the Dam permisesis functional . the dam is under the control of National Hydroelectric power corporation (NHPC) ltd.
the estimated cost for the dam is whooping 15,800,000,000 , which is 15 billion .


Dhauliganga Dam is situated in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand  

The development of enormous dams totally change the relationship of water and land, obliterating the current biological system balance, which by and large, has required millennia to make. At present there are around 40,000 huge dams which theoretical the World's streams, finishing changing their dissemination framework this won't happen without desperate natural effects. 

All through the previous few years, the negative effects of dams have become so notable that most nations (counting India) have quit building them by and large and are presently compelled to put their cash into fixing the issues made by existing dams.

Flood control dams seize floodwaters and afterwards either discharge them levelled out to the stream underneath the dam or store or redirect the water for different employments. For quite a long time, individuals have constructed dams to help control destroying floods
The Service of Water Assets drafted it and characterised a dam disappointment as: "such disappointments in the designs or activity of a dam which may prompt uncontrolled arrival of appropriated water bringing about downstream flooding, influencing the life and property of individuals.


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