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Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. Nangal Dam is another dam at Nangal in Punjab downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two ...
Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China, and USA.
Gobind Sagar Lake is a reservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. [2]Formed by the Bhakra Dam on the river Sutlej, the reservoir is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru.
Bhakra may refer to: Bhakra Dam or Bhakra Nangal Dam, a gravity dam in Bhakra, Himachal Pradesh and Nangal, Punjab, India on the Sutlej and Beas rivers Nangal Dam railway station, Nangal, Punjab, India; Nangal Dam–Amb Andaura Passenger, a passenger train in India; Nangal Dam–Ambala Passenger, a passenger train in India
Nangal is situated on the foot of Shivalik hills and spreads over both sides of river Sutlej which forms a lake behind the Nangal Dam. Every year, the multi-purpose Bhakra Dam with its surrounding natural environment attracts a number of tourists from all parts of India and abroad.
That is in sharp contrast to projects like Bhakra Nangal Dam in Punjab. Yet another factor is the lack of perspective in the planning exercise. For example, even though large portions of the national highway schemes like the Golden Quadrilateral and the East-West Corridor pass through the so-called BIMARU states, their alignment would not serve ...
This page shows the state-wise list of dams and reservoirs in India. [1] [2] As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. [3]About 447 large dams are under construction in India. [4]
In any doab, khadar land (green) lies next to a river, while bangar land (olive) has greater elevation and lies further from the river. North Hisar district falls in doab between Ghagghar river flowing through fatehabad district and paleo channel of Dhrishadvati river flowing through the Narnaul tehsil.