Bhakra Dam
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Overview
Bhakra is a gravity dam on the Sutlej in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh. Its reservoir is the Gobind Sagar. It is one of the large Himalayan hydro projects.
It is in Bilaspur district on the Sutlej, and its reservoir is the Gobind Sagar.
The dam is about 226 m high and was completed in 1963; Nehru called such projects the new temples of resurgent India.
The Bhakra Beas Management Board manages the project for Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and others.
It is one of the highest concrete gravity dams in the world.
The dam supplies water for irrigation through canals.
Its power is shared among several states.
It was a key part of the Green Revolution.
Geography and key facts
- Sutlej, Himachal Pradesh
- Gravity dam
- Gobind Sagar
- Gobind Sagar reservoir
- About 226 m; completed 1963
- Bhakra Beas Management Board
Why it matters for UPSC
Dam–river pairs are a perennial question.
Note for UPSC
Sutlej, Himachal Pradesh; Gobind Sagar reservoir.
Prelims pairs dams and projects with their rivers and states.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2005 · Q80Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Bhakra Dam.
Key facts
- Type
- Dam / reservoir
- State / UT
- Himachal Pradesh
- Basin
- Indus
- River
- Sutlej
- Coordinates
- 31.411°N, 76.433°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2005
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
More dams and reservoirs (same basin first)
Also in the Indus basin
Other places in Himachal Pradesh
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