Dams in India

[soccerhero]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Nagaarjuna Sagar Dam - AP with Overflowing Krishna River

Arul, only the first pic is of Nagarjuna Sagar dam. Rest of them are of Srisailam dam. Marvellous pics though

[SARAN R]

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[soccerhero]

Somasila Project on Penna river
cc Naveen on Flickr
image hosted on flickr


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[jaadu]

wow !!!

[reshapco]

which camera shot you are using ? Looks cool

[World8115]

Awesome pics Soccerhero

[soccerhero]

Thanks all. They were not mine. Found them on flickr by Naveen. According to him its not Psed. Water color is natural. When I visited this dam few years back the water was little muddy coz of rain.

[soccerhero]

Another view of Somasila dam on Penna
Photo cc: Yvon Maurice on Panaramio

[ardamir]

Does anyone have any news on the Sardar Sarovar Dam and Project?

[Yagya]

Rana Pratap Sagar Dam

cc:Viren Verma

[sixsigma1978]

Looks like a fantastic race between India and China!!!
The Pakistani outfits couldn't pull it off, so they roped in the Chinese- this Hydro power Dam "world cup final" should be interesting in 2016 - but it will be India vs Pakistan featuring Indian and Chinese players!!




Pakistan: Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project cost increases on delays
ISLAMABAD: Massive delays and increase in the scope have swelled the cost of Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project by almost 98 percent to $2.25 billion from $1.5 billion, officials said.

This will help Indian authorities to complete the controversial Kishanganga project on the same Neelum River in Indian Held Kashmir, they said.

“Owing to the delays, the Neelum-Jhelum project will now complete by 2018 whereas the completion of Kishanganga project is due in 2016,” said an official. “In case India manages to complete its project earlier, under the existing Indus Water Treaty (IWT), it will clinch the water priority rights of Neelum River.”

India has done more than 50 percent work on its project.

Pakistan has already moved to Court of Arbitration against the faulty design of Kishnaganga hydropower project. Pakistan says that under IWT, India can build its project on the run of the river to ensure the pace of water flows which are destined to reach Pakistan. But New Delhi is constructing a 48-kilometer long tunnel to divert the water of Neelum Tributary for more generation from the proposed project.

This will adversely affect the water flow of Neelum River that originates from Indian Held Kashmir. It will also have catastrophic affects on the environment of Neelum River in Azad Jummu and Kashmir.

“The authorities who have been involved in the project need to be fixed for this huge loss,” said an official.

According to the document available with The News, the Neelum-Jhelum project was first conceived in 1988 when its PC-1 was approved by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council. Then its cost was estimated at $1.5 billion.

Later, its PC-1 was revised with electricity generation capacity of 969 MW.

In 1998, some changes were introduced in its detailed design and accordingly PC-1 was again revised.

In 2003, the contractors developed some dispute with the government owing to which this project once again got delayed.

The 2005 earthquake further delayed the project. A panel of experts revisited the detailed design of the project after the quake and completely changed it besides increasing the project’s scope.

In 2008, a joint venture of Chinese companies mobilised its staff and machinery on the site of the project. With a view to expedite the Neelm-Jhelum project, it was decided that the Chinese companies involved in the project be allowed to purchase tunnel boring machine, which can help Pakistan build the project by 2016.

One of the top officials at WAPDA said that if the TBM purchasing gets delayed, Pakistan will certainly lose the water priority rights as Neelum-Jhelum project will not be completed in 2016.

The official further said that the only recipe to complete the project in 2016 and clinch the water priority rights of Neelum River was to ensure the availability of TBM at the earliest so that the project could be completed before Kishanganga project. With the use of TBM, the country will have an income of Rs90 billion. Pakistan will save Rs70 billion even if Rs20 billion to be spent on TBM are deducted.

“Moreover, WAPDA will be having the strategic asset of TBM that will be used in other projects. In addition, Pakistan’s technical staff will increase its capacity by using TBM.”

To a question, the official said that India has already acquired TBM, but it remains non-functional.

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[zoxtannin]

Pakistan was, is and in future will be just a puppet in the hands of their masters in beijing. The actual strings of many of India's problems (pak, nepal, bangladesh, sri lanka) in 21st century lies with beijing, which is sitting on 3 trillion dollar reserve, fantastic infrastrucutre and economy and great military. India is simply busy with corruption, lazy attitude and internal fighting.

[anidel]

Originally Posted by sixsigma1978

Looks like a fantastic race between India and China!!!
The Pakistani outfits couldn't pull it off, so they roped in the Chinese- this Hydro power Dam "world cup final" should be interesting in 2016 - but it will be India vs Pakistan featuring Indian and Chinese players!!




Pakistan: Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project cost increases on delays
ISLAMABAD: Massive delays and increase in the scope have swelled the cost of Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project by almost 98 percent to $2.25 billion from $1.5 billion, officials said.

This will help Indian authorities to complete the controversial Kishanganga project on the same Neelum River in Indian Held Kashmir, they said.

“Owing to the delays, the Neelum-Jhelum project will now complete by 2018 whereas the completion of Kishanganga project is due in 2016,” said an official. “In case India manages to complete its project earlier, under the existing Indus Water Treaty (IWT), it will clinch the water priority rights of Neelum River.”

India has done more than 50 percent work on its project.

Pakistan has already moved to Court of Arbitration against the faulty design of Kishnaganga hydropower project. Pakistan says that under IWT, India can build its project on the run of the river to ensure the pace of water flows which are destined to reach Pakistan. But New Delhi is constructing a 48-kilometer long tunnel to divert the water of Neelum Tributary for more generation from the proposed project.

This will adversely affect the water flow of Neelum River that originates from Indian Held Kashmir. It will also have catastrophic affects on the environment of Neelum River in Azad Jummu and Kashmir.

“The authorities who have been involved in the project need to be fixed for this huge loss,” said an official.

According to the document available with The News, the Neelum-Jhelum project was first conceived in 1988 when its PC-1 was approved by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council. Then its cost was estimated at $1.5 billion.

Later, its PC-1 was revised with electricity generation capacity of 969 MW.

In 1998, some changes were introduced in its detailed design and accordingly PC-1 was again revised.

In 2003, the contractors developed some dispute with the government owing to which this project once again got delayed.

The 2005 earthquake further delayed the project. A panel of experts revisited the detailed design of the project after the quake and completely changed it besides increasing the project’s scope.

In 2008, a joint venture of Chinese companies mobilised its staff and machinery on the site of the project. With a view to expedite the Neelm-Jhelum project, it was decided that the Chinese companies involved in the project be allowed to purchase tunnel boring machine, which can help Pakistan build the project by 2016.

One of the top officials at WAPDA said that if the TBM purchasing gets delayed, Pakistan will certainly lose the water priority rights as Neelum-Jhelum project will not be completed in 2016.

The official further said that the only recipe to complete the project in 2016 and clinch the water priority rights of Neelum River was to ensure the availability of TBM at the earliest so that the project could be completed before Kishanganga project. With the use of TBM, the country will have an income of Rs90 billion. Pakistan will save Rs70 billion even if Rs20 billion to be spent on TBM are deducted.

“Moreover, WAPDA will be having the strategic asset of TBM that will be used in other projects. In addition, Pakistan’s technical staff will increase its capacity by using TBM.”

To a question, the official said that India has already acquired TBM, but it remains non-functional.

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We should build it at the earliest or we will loose priority rights over that water.

pakistan will try terrorism or stone pelters to stop the work on our side.

[SSCaddict]

Originally Posted by zoxtannin

which is sitting on 3 trillion dollar reserve, fantastic infrastrucutre and economy and great military.

they are also sitting on a very HUGE property bubble which when burst may lead to a crash similar to Japan in 90's

[murlee]

Don't think china will crash! They looks pretty strong. Plus, China's downfall has been predicted for a long time now by the West and seems like nothing can stop the Dragon!!

[sixsigma1978]

Originally Posted by anidel

We should build it at the earliest or we will loose priority rights over that water.

pakistan will try terrorism or stone pelters to stop the work on our side.

The fact that Pakistan isn't doing ANYTHING except delays ("project halted due to contractual disagreements") - which is why they're saying "F**K it!! Get the Chinese!! At this rate - we'll just have a 5 metre wall by the time India finishes it"

[SSCaddict]

Originally Posted by murlee

Don't think china will crash! They looks pretty strong. Plus, China's downfall has been predicted for a long time now by the West and seems like nothing can stop the Dragon!!

let us wait and watch

[sixsigma1978]

For a change - I feel bad for our neighbors - considering their cities are currently staggering under 10 hour loadshedding and their rurals have virtually no electricity with their generations assets slowly falling apart!

Pakistan virtually loses out on Indian dam
ISLAMABAD: Thanks to the incompetence of Pakistani government’s so-called water experts, Pakistan has, for all practical purposes, lost the case against India on the controversial 330MW Kishenganga Hydropower project even before the formal commencement of the legal battle in the court of arbitration as India has already completed 40 percent construction work on the project, reveals the latest monthly report of the project exclusively available with The News.

The report belies the statement of water and power ministry’s official before the Senate Committee on Water on Wednesday, in which he had said that India had only completed 23.5 percent work on the project. The monthly report, however, unveils that 29 percent work on the Spillway left bank, 36 percent on the Head Race Tunnel and 48 percent on the Surge Shaft has been completed. If the report is to be believed, the ministry has seriously misguided the Senate Committee. The News repeatedly tried to contact the ministry spokesman but he did not respond.

The report also unveils that three countries — the UK, Italy and Germany — are supporting India in the construction of the controversial Kishenganga project while Pakistan has failed to garner such support from major countries in its legal battle. The report says that for the execution of the project, M/s Kishenganga Consortium with HCC Ltd, is acting as a lead partner, while M/s Halcow Group Ltd, UK, is a partner and M/s SELI SJZA Italy, M/s BHEL, M/s DSD NOELL Gmbll Germany & M/s PES engineers Pvt. Ltd are subcontractors.

India has already reduced the timeframe to complete the Kishenganga project by 2014 while Pakistan has set a new target to execute the Neelum-Jhelum project by 2016. India is using the advanced Tunnel Boring Machine to complete its project as per the new timeline while Pakistan has even failed to acquire the technology thus far. However, sources claim that Pakistan will be able to get the TBM by January 2012 and make it operational by next June or July to expedite work on the project. “But by that time, India will have completed 80% of its project,” said an insider.

All members of the Court of Arbitration (CoA) constituted to resolve the dispute over the Kishenganga Hydropower project in the light of the Indus Waters Treaty had earlier visited Pakistan and India from June 15 to assess how much work had been completed on the Neelum-Jehlum Hydropower and Kishenganga projects, top official at the Ministry of Water and Power told The News.

“Neelum-Jhelum is a very important project being built by Pakistan on the Neelum River in the AJK,” explained a water ministry source. “The country that completes the project first will have water priority rights of the Neelum River. If the Court of Arbitration assesses that the N-J project lags behind the Kishenganga project, Pakistan will not only lose water priority rights but also the legal battle with India. On the other hand, if the CoA finds that the Indian project is far behind the N-J project in terms of construction work, India will lose the battle and water priority rights.”

Pakistan has already moved the Court of Arbitration in Hague to stop India from constructing the Kishenganga Dam, arguing that India was negating the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 by diverting the water through the 22-km tunnel to generate 330MW of electricity.

Pakistan deposited its memorandum with the CoA at the end of May 2011 and under the procedure, India will get six months to submit its reply. The Kishenganga project is likely to be completed by 2014 whereas the Neelum-Jhelum project is to be completed by 2016. It is feared that by the time the CoA starts hearing the case, India will already have completed 90 percent of the project, top sources confided to The News. It is pertinent to point out that Pakistan’s team on this critical issue had been led by Kamal Majidullah, the former adviser on water and agriculture, and considered a close friend of the president.

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