| Salal Dam | |
|---|---|
 View of Salal Dam from Jyotipuram-Salal road | |
  Location of Salal Dam in Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Official name | Salal Hydroelectric Power Station |
| Country | India |
| Location | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Coordinates | 33°08′33″N 74°48′37″E / 33.14250°N 74.81028°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1970 |
| Opening date | 1987 |
| Construction cost | ₹ 928.89 crores |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity dam |
| Impounds | Chenab River |
| Height | 113 m (370.7 ft) |
| Length | 487 m (1,597.8 ft) |
| Dam volume | 1,450,000 m3 (51,210,000 cu ft) |
| Spillways | 12 |
| Spillway type | Ogee |
| Spillway capacity | 22,427 m3/s |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Salal Lake |
| Total capacity | 280,860,000 m3 (228,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Active capacity | 12,000,000 m3 (10,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface area | 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 487.68 m FRL |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | NHPC |
| Commission date | Stage I: 1987 Stage II: 1995 |
| Type | Conventional |
| Hydraulic head | 94.5 m (310 ft) |
| Turbines | Stage I: 3 x 115 MW Francis-type Stage II: 3 x 115 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | Stage I: 345 MW Stage II: 345 MW Total: 690 MW |
| Annual generation | 3082 million kWh |
| Website nhpcindia.com | |
Salal Dam (Hindi: सलाल बाँध Salāl Bāndh), also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of the Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It was the first hydropower project built by India in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Water Treaty regime.[2] After having reached a bilateral agreement with Pakistan in 1978,[3] with significant concessions made to Pakistan in the design of the dam, reducing its height, eliminating operating pool, and plugging the under-sluices meant for sediment management, India completed the project in 1987. The concessions made in the interest of bilateralism damaged the long-term sustainability of the dam, which silted up in five years. It currently runs at 57% capacity factor.[note 1] Its long-term future is uncertain.[4][5][6]
- ^ "NHPC investment crosses Rs 18,800 crore in J&K". The Tribune. 7 May 2016.
- ^ Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema and Prakashkiran Pawar, Bridging the Divide, Stimson Centre, 2015, Table 2 (p. 14).
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- ^ Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Arbitration & Kishenganga project, The Hindu 25 June 2010.
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