Pashulok Barrage

Pashulok Barrage
Location of Pashulok Barrage
Country	India
Coordinates	30°04′27″N 78°17′18″E / 30.07417°N 78.28833°E / 30.07417; 78.28833Coordinates: 30°04′27″N 78°17′18″E / 30.07417°N 78.28833°E / 30.07417; 78.28833
Status	Operational
Dam and spillways
Spillway capacity	13,200 m3/s (466,154 cu ft/s)
Power station
Commission date	1980

The Pashulok Barrage is a barrage located on the Ganges River just south of Rishikesh in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India. In a run-of-the-river scheme, the main purpose of the barrage is to divert water into a canal on the east bank of the river which feeds water to the Chilla Power Plant downstream at 29°58′34″N 78°13′11″E / 29.97611°N 78.21972°E / 29.97611; 78.21972 (Chilla Power Plant), 4 km (2 mi) upstream of Haridwar. The power station contains four 36 MW Kaplan turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 144 MW. The change in elevation between the plant's intake and tailrace affords is a hydraulic head of 32.5 m (107 ft). The design discharge of the plant is 560 m³/s (19,776 cu ft/s).^[1]

See also

• List of power stations in India

References