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Salient Features
Dam |
Type |
Concrete Gravity |
River |
Yamuna |
Location |
Lakhwar & Vyasi |
Height |
192 m & 80 m |
Live Storage |
333.04 million m3 |
Power Tunnel |
Length |
2.7 km. |
Diameter |
7m |
Design Discharge |
70 Cumecs. |
Power House |
Location |
In the right bank d/s of Lakhwar dam & Hathyari |
Head |
165.9 m & 113.92m |
Installed Capacity |
300 MW at Lakhwar & 120 MW at Hathyari |
75 kilometers from Dehradun lies Lakhwar Byasi hydroelectric project, which is under construction. It will generate 927 MU power and irrigate 40,000 hectare of land, in underdeveloped area of Uttaranchal & West U.P.
It has two parts: -
(a) 192 meters high Lakhwar Dam and 300 (3*300) MW underground powerhouse.
(b) 80 meters high Byasi Dam, 2.7 kms long power tunnel and 120 (2*60) MW Hathyari PowerHouse.
As per estimate as on March 1996 it is of Rs. 1446.0 crores out of which Rs. 227 crores have been spent.
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