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  2. Bhakra Dam - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Nangal - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Gobind Sagar - Wikipedia

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    It is formed by the Bhakra Dam. The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of the world's highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations. Under the supervision of the American dam-builder, Harvey Slocum, [3] work began in 1955 and was ...

  5. Bhakra - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Naina Devi - Wikipedia

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    The lake was created by the Bhakra-Nangal Dam. Several stories are associated with the establishment of the temple. According to legends and also written in Veds and Purans , Goddess Sati burnt herself alive in Yagna, which distressed Lord Shiva. He picked the body of Sati on his shoulder and started his Tandava dance. This horrified all ...

  7. Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    The hills of Naina Devi overlook the Gobind Sagar lake, which was created by the Bhakra-Nangal Dam. Several religious stories are associated with the establishment of the temple. Bhakra Dam: Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Satluj River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam, located at a gorge near the (now ...

  8. List of largest reservoirs in India - Wikipedia

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    Dam Height Length Type Storage capacity Reservoir Area Complete Uttar Pradesh: Rihand River: Rihand Dam (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar) 91.44 m (300 ft) 934.45 m (3,066 ft) Concrete Gravity 10.6 km 3 - 374.34 TMC 450 km 2. 1962 Kerala: Periyar River: Idukki Dam: 168.91 m (554 ft) 365.85 m (1200 ft) Double curvatureArch 1.996 km 3 - 70.49 TMC ...

  9. Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    The Bilaspur Mazdoor Union, the Himachal Government Transport Workers Union, and the Nangal Bhakra Mazoor Sangh are three organisations dealing with labour related to the Bhakra Dam. It was also noted in 1975 that construction workers involved in road building in the district had unofficially formed a sort of loose, informal union. [3]