Bhakra

Bhakra Power Houses

Bhakra Left & Right Bank Power Houses Bhakra Project is a marvel in engineering. The 225.55 m high Dam is of concrete straight gravity type having a gross storage capacity of 9621 million cum. Installed capacity of Bhakra Right Bank Power House is 785 MW (5x157 MW) and that of Bhakra Left Bank Power House is 630 MW (5x126 MW).

Specification

Type Of Dam	Concrete Straight Gravity
Height above the deepest foundation	225.55 m (740 ft.)
Height above the river bed	167.64 m (550 ft.)
Catchment Area	56,980 sq. Kms (22,000 sq. miles)
Area of reservoir	168.35 sq. Kms (65 sq. miles)
Gross storage capacity at El. 1680 ft	7551 million cum(6.122 million acre ft)
Live storage capacity at El. 1680 ft.	6007 million cum(4.870 million acre ft)

Spillway

Type of spillway	Centrally Located - Overflow Spillway
Spillway Crest Level	501.46 m (1645.21 ft.)
No. of Spillway gates	4
Maximum outflow through spillway Overflow gated	5587 cumecs (197300 Cusecs)