Tipaimukh Dam
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| Country | India |
| Location | Tipaimukh |
| Coordinates | 24°14′05″N 93°01′13″E / 24.23472°N 93.02028°ECoordinates: 24°14′05″N 93°01′13″E / 24.23472°N 93.02028°E |
| Status | Planned |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, rock-fill |
| Height | 162.8 m (534 ft) |
| Length | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Impounds | Barak River |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 6 x 250 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 1,500 MW |
Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed embankment dam on the river Barak in Manipur state India. The purpose of the dam is flood control and hydroelectric power generation. The project has led to controversy between India and Bangladesh over water rights as well as controversy with Manipuri people to be relocated by the reservoir.[1]
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[edit] Technical Features
The dam will be 390m long and 162.8m high, across the Barak River. The dam's crest elevation will be at an altitude of about 180 m. above mean sea level with a maximum reservoir level of 178 m. The dam was originally designed to contain flood waters in the lower Barak valley but hydro power generation was later incorporated into the project. The project will have an installation capacity of 1500 MW, supplied by six 250 MW Francis turbine-generators.[2]
[edit] Controversies
Bangladeshi experts have said the massive dam will disrupt the seasonal rhythm of the river and have an adverse effect on downstream agriculture and fisheries[3]. The government of Bangladesh has decided to send an expert team to the Dam area to examine the features and likely impact of the dam on the flow of water into the Surma and the Kushiara.
Another is the environmental factor. The Tipaimukh area lies in an ecologically sensitive and topographically fragile region. It falls under one of the most seismically volatile regions on the planet. A major earthquake of magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale rocked Manipur-Myanmar border in the year August 6, 1988 at the epicenter of lat. 25°7′48″N 95°9′0″E / 25.13°N 95.15°E, 240 km (150 mi) northeast of the dam site.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bangladesh, India: No To Tipaimukh Dam". globalvoicesonline.org. 27 May 2009. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/27/bangladesh-india-no-to-tipaimukh-dam/. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ "Features". NHPC. http://www.nhpcindia.com/Projects/English/Scripts/Prj_Features.aspx?Vid=167. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ The Dam Documents http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/07/04/followup.htm
- ^ Dr. Khwairakpam Gajananda, Dam or No Dam, WordPress. http://polehim.wordpress.com/article/dam-or-no-dam-3ar81gcwyc4cv-7/
[edit] External links
- Tipaimukh Project at NHPC
- [1] Tipaimukh: A plea for rational and scientific discussion - Gowher Rizvi
- [2] Impact of Tipai Dam on the haor regions - Md. Khalequzzaman
