BHAKRA DAM

TOPIC: Geography

Context- Centre’s has amended the rules regarding appointments to two key positions on the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).

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About Bhakra Dam:

Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River.
The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.
The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh of height 226 m.
In terms of quantity of water, it is the third largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh and second Nagarjunasagar Dam.
Nangal Dam is another dam in Punjab downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two separate dams.
Bhakra dam was part of the larger multipurpose Bhakra Nangal Project whose aims were to prevent floods in the Satluj-Beas river valley, to provide irrigation to adjoining states and also to provide hydro-electricity.

*** For further information refer to DPN 28 February 2022.