Baglihar Dam

Baglihar Dam which is also known as “The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project.” Baglihar Dam is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. The Baglihar Dam is
the first power project executed by the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation. The proposal for making the Dam has been taken in the year 1992 and approved in the year 1996 and the construction have been begun in the year 1999. The estimated cost of the project Baglihar Dam was Rs one hundred crores. The project consists of two-stage of 450MW each. The first stage of the project was completed in 2008 – 2009 and the second stage of the project was completed in 2015 -2016.

Baglihar Dam is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban District of Jammu and Kashmir

Why Baglihar Dam is in the News recently?

In a significant move of India to stopped the flow of water through the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River leading to Pakistan after a terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Kye Points of Baglihar Dam

– Baglihar Dam is also known as the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project.
– Baglihar Dam is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban District of Jammu and Kashmir.
– The Baglihar Dam has a concrete gravity of 144.5 m high and 363 m long.
– The total volume of the Dam is 1.9 million m³, which creates a reservoir with a capacity of 475 million m³.
– The underground powerhouse is 221 m long, 24 m wide, and 51 m high.
– The planning of the project started in 1992 and was approved in 1996 and the construction started in the year 1999.
– The project consists of two stages of 450 MW each.
– The first phase of the Baglihar Dam was completed in 2008 – 2009.
– The second phase was completed in the year 2015 – 2016.
– The total capacity to generate electricity by Baglihar Dam is 900 MW.