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| location = [[Lakhwar]], [[Dehradun district]], [[Uttarakhand]]
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| owner = Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
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'''Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam project''' on [[Yamuna River]], includes under-construction '''Lakhwar Dam and Power Station''', '''Vyasi Dam''', '''Hathiari Power Station''' and '''Katapathar Barrage''', near the [[Lakhwar]] town in Kalsi block of [[Dehradun district]] of [[Uttarakhand]] in [[India]], for the purpose of irrigation of 40,000 hectare land and total 927 MW [[hydroelectric]] power generation.<ref name=kat14/><ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat8/> "Lakhwar Dam" is a [[gravity dam]] near the Lohari village with 300MW power generation capacity.<ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat1/> "Vyasi Dam" will be built 5 km downstream along with 120 MW "Hathiari Power Station" further 0.5 km downstream.<ref name=kat1>1986, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5NwlAQAAMAAJ Confluence], Issues 8-16, Page 14.</ref><ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat2/> "Katapathar Barrage", with the maximum ponding water level at 514.5m elevation, will be built further 2.75 km downstream of the ''Hathiari Power Station'' to supply the water to stakeholder states.<ref name=kat3>1990 [https://books.google.com/books?id=etBXAAAAMAAJ Records of the Geological Survey of India].</ref><ref name=kat2>{{cite web | url=http://www.uttarakhandjalvidyut.com/lakhwar.php | title=Lakhwar | publisher=UJVN Limited | access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> Project will hold 580 million cubic metres water during monsoon and release into Yamuna during dry months.<ref name=kat11>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lakhwar-vuasi-dam-project-to-revive-the-yamuna-uma-bharti/1/660983.html Lakhwar-Vuasi dam project to revive the Yamuna: Uma Bharti], India Today, 8 May 2016.</ref>

Construction of Lakhwar dam commenced in early 2018 with the 4 year target completion date of December 2022.<ref name=harkrishi1/> Vyasi dam has already been under construction since 2016.

==History==
In 1976, [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] granted approval for the project.<ref name=kat5/> In 1986 environmental clearance was granted and construction on the {{Convert|204|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall dam began in 1987 by Jaypee Group under the supervision of the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, when the area belonged to [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In 1992, the construction was halted at 35 percent progress after Jaypee Group pulled out due to the lack of funding.<ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat10>{{cite web | url=http://www.kseboa.org/news/centre-wants-nhpc-to-carry-out-420-mw-lakhwar-vyasi-hydel-project-2811377.html | title=Centre wants NHPC to carry out 420-Mw Lakhwar-Vyasi hydel project | publisher=KSEB Officer's Association | date=28 November 2008 | access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> In 2008, it was notified as a national project by the union govt and the union govt will bear the 90% cost.<ref name=kat5/> In November 2013, construction restarted on the Vyasi Dam and it once again received environmental clearance from the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]] in February 2014.<ref name=kat6/> Vyasi Dam was expected to be completed in 2016, revised to 2018.<ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat6>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/project-gets-environment-clearance-despite-sc-order/article5668328.ece | title=Project gets environment clearance despite SC order | work=The Hindu | date=9 February 2014 | access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/work-on-720mw-hydroelectric-power-projects-to-begin-soon/article5381909.ece | title=Work on 720-MW hydroelectric power projects to begin soon | work=The Hindu | date=22 November 2013 | access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> Project was stalled for almost 30 years, which was expedited with enhanced compensation payment in 2016 to the displaced villagers.<ref name=kat11/>

===Current status===
During 2016, Vyasi Dam and Hathiari Power Station were being constructed simultaneously, and Lakhwar Dam was planned to be constructed after the completion of Vyasi dam,<ref name=kat9/> due to the lack of funds.<ref name=kat8>[http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/uttarakhands-new-cm-t-s-rawat-seeks-release-of-funds-for-lakhwar-dam/57764933 Uttarakhand's new CM TS Rawat seeks release of funds for Lakhwar dam], [[Times of India]], 22 March 2017.</ref> All approvals are in place for the whole project including the Lakhwar Dam, except for the funding from the union government (c. 2017).<ref name=kat8/><ref name=kat12>[http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/A-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-rap-on-the-knuckles/article14616003.ece A ‘green’ rap on the knuckles ], [[The Hindu]], 22 Sept 2016.</ref>

In April 2016, things were expedited when [[Government of India]], under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], granted clearance for the release of funding for the whole project at an estimated cost of INR39.7 billion (3966.51 crore), including INR25 billion (2578.23 crore) for the irrigation component to build dam and canals and INR13,9 billion (1388.28 crore) for the power generation component.<ref name=kat7>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/status-of-lakhwar-dam-116120100759_1.html Status of Lakhwar Dam], Business Standard, 2 Dec 2016.</ref> Subsequently, in January 2018, bid for the construction of Lakhwar dam and 300MW power station was called by the Uttrakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited.<ref name=kat4>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/haryana-to-rejuvenate-the-existing-canal-system/articleshow/62415505.cms Haryana to rejuvenate the existing canal system], [[Times of India]], 8 Jan 2018.</ref> Soon after in early 2018, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone, and construction commenced after contracts were awarded with a target completion deadline of 4 years by December 2022.<ref name=harkrishi1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/KRISHI%20SAMVAD%20October%202018.pdf Kirishi Samvad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130113206/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/KRISHI%20SAMVAD%20October%202018.pdf |date=30 November 2018 }}, Oct 2018.</ref>

==The project==
The 927MW electricity and 580 million cubic metres water capacity project will irrigate 40,000 hectare land, and submerge 50 villages and 868.08 ha of forest land.<ref name=kat11/><ref name=kat14/>

===Stakeholder states===
The project will water to the states of [[Haryana]], [[Uttrakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]]. [[Haryana]]'s share in this project is 1.22 lakh acre feet additional water.<ref name=kat5>[https://dailypost.in/news/haryana/cm-visits-site-of-the-lakhwar-multi-purpose-project/ Haryana CM visits Lakhwar], Daily Post, 2016.</ref>

===Lakhwar Dam and Power Station ===
[[File:Hydraulic_head.PNG|thumb|[[Hydraulic head|head]].]]
'''Lakhwar Dam''' is 192 meter high concrete [[gravity dam]] with 165.9 meter long [[Hydraulic head|head]] and 20 to 50 km long backwater reservoir on [[Yamuna River]] near Lohari village close to Lakhwar town, with 900 MW (3 X 300 MW) [[Underground power station]] on right/east side of Yamuna river.<ref name=kat14/><ref name=kat9>[https://www.newslaundry.com/2016/07/22/the-wretched-and-the-dammed The wretched and the dammed], 22 July 2016.</ref><ref name=kat8/><ref name=kat1/><ref name=kat11/> It will have storage capacity of 333.04 million cubic meter.<ref name=kat14>[http://www.uttarakhandirrigation.com/lakhwar-vyasi-project Lakhwar-Vyasi project]</ref>

===Vyasi Dam===
'''Vyasi Dam''', also '''Byasi Dam''', is 86 meter high concrete gravity dam with 113.92 meter long head that will be built 5 km downstream from Lakhwar Dam, with 120 MW power generation capacity at Hathiari.<ref name=kat14/><ref name=kat9/><ref name=kat1/><ref name=kat15>[https://www.uttarakhandjalvidyut.com/vyasi.php Vyasi dam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230035117/http://www.uttarakhandjalvidyut.com/vyasi.php |date=30 December 2017 }}.</ref> It is close to Juddo village which will be flooded once the dam is complete.<ref name=kat9/> Expected to be completed in May 2018.<ref name=kat15/>

===Hathiari Power Station===
'''Hathiari Power Station''', 0.5 km downstream from Vyasi dam on the right/east side of the Yamuna,<ref name=kat9/> will have 120 MW of electricity generation capacity.<ref name=kat1/><ref name=kat2/> The power station will have a 2.7 km long [[Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity]] power tunnel 7 meters in diameter with 70 Cumecs discharge, a 63.50 meter high [[Surge tank|Surge shaft]] 18 meters in diameter, two [[Shaft (civil engineering)|Pressure shafts]] each 209 meters long and 4 meters in diameter, and a [[Power station|Surface Power House]] (72 meters long x 24 meters wide x 40.2 meters high) with two [[Tidal stream generator|Semi Umbrella Generators]] of 60 MW each composed of two [[Francis turbine|Vertical Francis Turbines]].<ref name=kat15/><ref name=kat14/>

===Katapathar Barrage===
'''Katapathar Barrage''', with the maximum ponding water level at 514.5m elevation, will be built further 2.75 km downstream of the "Hathiari Power Station". It will be used to store and uniformly distribute water to the stakeholder states.<ref name=kat3/><ref name=kat2/>

==References==
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===External links===
* [https://www.newslaundry.com/2016/07/22/the-wretched-and-the-dammed 2016 news report on the status]

===See also===

* [[Bhakra Dam]]
* [[Kishau Dam]]
* [[Renuka Lake|Renuka Dam]]

===Citations===
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{{Hydrography of Uttarakhand}}
{{Power Stations of Uttarakhand}}

[[Category:Dams in Uttarakhand]]
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[[Category:Dams on the Yamuna River]]
[[Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Dehradun district]]
[[Category:Irrigation in Haryana]]
[[Category:Irrigation in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Irrigation in Uttarakhand]]

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