Nathpa Jhakri Dam

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Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a major hydroelectric dam and power project in Himachal Pradesh, India, known as one of the country’s largest underground hydroelectric installations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
run-of-the-river power station ⓘ
abbreviation NJD ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
associatedCompany SJVN Limited ⓘ
beneficiaryStates Delhi ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
catchmentArea upper Sutlej basin ⓘ
linked to: Sutlej River
commissioningEndDate 2004 ⓘ
commissioningStartDate 2003 ⓘ
constructionChallenges landslides and high sediment load in Sutlej River ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1993 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
designedForSedimentControl true ⓘ
designedHead ~428 m ⓘ
electricityUse regional power supply for northern India ⓘ
fundingAgency World Bank ⓘ
gridConnectionRegion Northern Regional Grid of India ⓘ
gridVoltageLevel 400 kV ⓘ
hasDesiltingChambers yes ⓘ
hasHeadraceTunnel yes ⓘ
hasSwitchyard yes ⓘ
hasUndergroundPowerhouse true ⓘ
headraceTunnelLength approximately 27 km ⓘ
impactArea Sutlej river basin ⓘ
linked to: Sutlej River
installedCapacity 1500 MW ⓘ
isUndergroundInstallation true ⓘ
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Kinnaur district ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sutlej River ⓘ
nearbyTown Jhakri ⓘ
Nathpa ⓘ
notableFor being one of India’s largest underground hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
operator Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited ⓘ
partOf Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
primaryPurpose power generation ⓘ
projectApprovalYear 1988 ⓘ
region north India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
stateOwner Government of India ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineCapacity 250 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Sutlej River → hasDam → Nathpa Jhakri Dam ⓘ
Nathpa Jhakri Dam → partOf → Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Nathpa Jhakri Dam → alsoKnownAs → Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Karcham → hasNearbyHydroelectricProject → Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Sutlej River hydroelectric projects → includesProject → Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
NJD → standsFor → Nathpa Jhakri Dam ⓘ
Nathpa → hasHydropowerInfrastructure → Nathpa dam ⓘ
linked to: Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Jhakri → near → Nathpa Jhakri Dam ⓘ