| Indirasagar Dam | |
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| Location | Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction began | 1984-10-23 |
| Opening date | 2005-03-31 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Length | 653 m (2,142 ft) |
| Impounds | Narmada River |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Indira Sagar Reservoir |
| Capacity | 12,200,000,000 m3 (9,890,701 acre·ft) |
| Active capacity | 9,750,000,000 m3 (7,904,454 acre·ft)[1] |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 8 × 125MW[it having 8 francis turbines,under the head of 92 meters. each turbine generated 125 MW electricity.height is 92 meter, so it uses francis turbine. |
| Installed capacity | 1,000 MW |
The Indirasagar Dam is a multipurpose key project of Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River at Narmadanagar in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh in India. The foundation stone of the project was laid by late Smt Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India on 23 October 1984. The construction of main dam started in 1992. The down stream projects of ISP are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar and Sardar Sarovar Project.
The Project envisages construction of a 92 m high and 653 m long concrete gravity dam. It provides Irrigation in 1,230 square kilometres of land with annual production of 2700 million units in the districts of Khandwa and Khargone in Madhya Pradesh and power generation of 1000 MW installed capacity (8x125). The reservoir of 12,200,000,000 m3 (9,890,701 acre·ft) was created. The dam, built as a joint venture between Madhya Pradesh irrigation and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation is the source of the Indra Gandhi canal. It was commissioned on May 2005.[2]
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River Narmada, fifth largest river in India, with a river flow length of 1312 km originates from Amarkantak in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. Narmada flows westward and after passing through Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra, it drains into Arabian Sea near Gulf of Combay. Indira Sagar Project (ISP) situated on River Narmada, 10 Km from village Punasa in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh is commissioned on 31 March 2005.
Indira Sagar Project is a multipurpose Project with an installed capacity of 1000 MW, with annual energy generation of 2698 Million Units in Stage – I, 1850 Million Units in Stage – II and 1515 Million Units in Stage – III and annual irrigation of 2.65 Lac. Ha on a Culturable Command Area (CCA) of 1.23 Lac. Ha. Total Catchment Area at the Dam site is 61642 Sq.Km. Indira Sagar Project is the mother project for the downstream projects on Narmada Basin with largest reservoir in India, having 12.22 Bm3 storage capacity. All the eight units commissioned by March ’05 ahead of schedule while generation from first unit was started from Jan.'04. The powerhouse is the second largest surface powerhouse in India.
Brief Details of major components of project:
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