The Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam is also known as Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna River[1] in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The target annual electric output of the dam is 560 MU (or GWh).[2]
The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project; the 290 MW power station is located on the right side of the Almatti Dam. The facility uses vertical Kaplan turbines: five 55MW generators and one 15MW generator. Water is released in to the Narayanpur reservoir after using for power generation to serve the downstream irrigation needs. Two separate facilities namely, Almatti 1 Powerhouse and Almatti II Powerhouse each separated by distance do provide power generation capabilities.
During the initial stages of the project, estimated costs were projected as Rs.14.70 billion, but following the transfer of project's management to the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), the estimated cost was reduced by over fifty percent to Rs. 6.74 billion. KPCL eventually completed the project at an even lower cost of Rs. 5.20 billion.Template:Citation needed The entire dam was finished in less than forty months, with construction ending in July 2005. The dam is located on the edge of Bijapur and Bagalkot districts. Geographically, it is located in the Bijapur district,[3] but large areas of Bagalkot district have also been submerged due to filling of the reservoir. The dam holds a gross water storage capacity of 123.08 TMC at 519 meters MSL.[3][4] The backwaters of the dam host several migratory birds during summer.[5]
Height
The full reservoir level of Almatti dam was originally restricted to 160 meters MSL by the supreme court of India. The Krishna River conflict between Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra was resolved by the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and the dam was authorized to be raised to the height of 524 meters MSL with nearly 200 TMC gross storage capacity.[6] 26 different Radial spillway gates are housed in the Dam.
See also
- Aihole
- Badami
- Banashankari
- Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
- Kudalasangama
- Mahakuta
- North Karnataka
- Pattadakal
- Tourism in North Karnataka
- Upper Krishna Project
- Vijayapur
- List of dams and reservoirs in India
References
- ↑ "Map of Krishna River basin". Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ CEA Monthly Generation Report. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Upper Krishna project at Karnataka water resources website
- ↑ How to Reach any City in India. Blogger(4 August 2011). Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ↑ Over 2,000 flamingoes found in Almatti backwaters in Vijayapura-Bagalkot. The Hindu(2019-05-21). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- ↑ wrpinfo. "india-wris.nrsc.gov.in"(3 April 2018). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
External links
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- Almatti Dam Power House at Karnataka Power Corp
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