World longest Hirakud Dam

World Longest Hirakud Dam 

Hirakud dam

 

Construction history:-

          1936 ra bad banya agaru Sir M. Visveswararya banya ra karan lagi gute storage gruha lagi investigation jari karithile. Ta pare 1945 re Member of Labour  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar ke kenta kari mahanadi ke muli purposed lagi use kari parma seta gute planning lagi diagala. E kam ke Central Waterways, Irrigation(Jalasechana) au Navigation Commission takar hath ke nele.15 March 1946 re odisha ra rajyapal Sir Hawthorne Lewis hirakud dam ra kam start kale.Thik June 1947 re gute project odisha sarkar pakhe submit kara gala.

   

      1952 masiha thi Mazumdar Committee gute kara gala au sethi project ke nei kari discuss karle aau bahut te technical au physical karigar manku nijukti diagala.Au hirakud dam project lagi ₹92.8 crore kharch karajiba au June 1955 re hirakud dam ra construction sarba boli committee re nispati niagala.Au se meeting re ita bhi kuha jaithila ki 1954-55 bhitre total 1,347,000 acres (545,000 hactor) chasjami ke pani pahachb au tar sange 48 GW ra electric power produce heba.

    hele bhi Hirakud dam ra working aau construction over 1953 re heigala au seta Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru nkar hate  inaugurated bhi hela thik 13 January 1957 re.Au amar Hirakud Dam ra project re total  ₹1,000.2 million kharcha heithila.Amar chasi bhai mankar chas kam lagi pani 1956 re start heithila.   

Technical detailed:- 

• Total Length - 25.79 km (16.03 mi)
• Length of Main Dam - 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Artificial Lake - 743 km2 (287 sq mi)
• Irrigated Area (both crop) -  2,355 km2 (235,477 ha)
• Area lost in construction of Dam - 596 km2 (147,363 acres) 
• Installed Capacity (Power Generation)-  347.5 MW
• Cost (in 1957) - ₹1,000.2 million
• Top dam level - R.L. 195.680 m (642 ft)  
• F.R.L/ M.W.L - R.L. -192.024 m (630 ft)  
• Dead storage level -  R.L. 179.830 m (590 ft)  
• Total quantity of earth work in Dam - 18,100,000 m³ (640×10⁶ cu ft)  
• Total quantity of concrete - 1,070,000 m³ (38×10⁶ cu ft)  Catchment - 83,400 km² (32,200 sq mi) 

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Location:-

      Hirakud dam odisha(koshal) ra sambalpur district re achhe.Amar sambalpur nu Sambalpur - bargarh road re burla ade 15 k.m achhe.

Best place ever for picnic in koshal:-

     Picnic lagi pura best place aai aau bahut alga alga desh nu bhi hirakud dam ke dekhi buki aaisan.So tame bhi na jai bele jaun aau thare buli ki asun.
                   
                                                                        "Dhanyabad"

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