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India's Bhakra-Nangal project
Plant on Sutlej River in Punjab, India, will provide 400 mw power and irrigate six million acres; Bhakra dam of concrete gravity type 680 ft high carries 30 ft wide road on top; Nangal dam, eight mi downstream of Bhakra will direct waters into channel for irrigation and will serve as balancing reservoir; dam proper consists of 26 bays of 30-ft span each separated by 7-ft thick piers. (See also - n 5 May 1954 p 164-70)
India's Bhakra-Nangal project
Plant on Sutlej River in Punjab, India, will provide 400 mw power and irrigate six million acres; Bhakra dam of concrete gravity type 680 ft high carries 30 ft wide road on top; Nangal dam, eight mi downstream of Bhakra will direct waters into channel for irrigation and will serve as balancing reservoir; dam proper consists of 26 bays of 30-ft span each separated by 7-ft thick piers. (See also - n 5 May 1954 p 164-70)
India's Bhakra-Nangal project
Water Power
Water Power ; 6
1954
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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