The 'Sukkur Dam' is on which river?
"Sukkur Barrage. The work was started by Pakistan Army Engineering Corps and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) on 22 November 2004, and was completed ahead of the deadline in July 2005, with the cost of just 15 million US$ (US Dollars). Experts believe that the rehabilitation of the barrage has enhanced its efficiency for another 60 to 70 years. Sukkur Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for the purposes of irrigation and flood control. This Barrage which is the backbone of the economy of the entire Country enables water to flow through what was originally a"
"not bridged between Kotri and Hyderabad either therefore trains ran on Karachi-Jamshoro-Larkana-Sukkur route as early as 1879 and then they were ferried across to Rohri and vice versa on a river ferry. At Sukkur the river Indus flows through a gap in a range of low limestone hills and gets divided into two channels (Sukkur and Rohri channels) by an island called Bukkur. The Bukkur Island thus provides the best spot for a river crossing. Bridging the channel between Bukkur and Rohri was not so easy. The river bed here is not rocky but silty which made it difficult to"
"Ayub Bridge Ayub Bridge (), named after Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan), is a railway bridge over the Indus river between Rohri and Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. The bridge is about 806 feet long, 247 feet high and cost Rs21.6 million. Ayub Bridge, can be truly declared as one of the prides of Sukkur. It has served the city for 50 years by providing a strong link for rail traffic between Sukkur and Rohri. Before this, Lansdowne Bridge was the railway link between Sukkur and Rohri. The foundation stone of this steel arch bridge was laid"
"Dumkhar Dam Dumkhar Dam is a proposed 45 MW run of the river power project on the Indus river in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The project cost is Rs. 5,274.5 million including interest during construction at June, 2003 price levels. Dam<br> Type: Concrete gravity dam <br>Height of dam above: 42 m<br> Length of dam at top: 220 m Diversion tunnel<br> Number: 2 <br> Dia & Shape: 10 m dia horse shoe<br> Length: 450 m Reservoir<br> Full reservoir level (FRL): El 2856 m<br> Maximum water level (MWL): El 2856.0 m<br> Min.Draw Down Level (MDDL): El 2853.0 m"
"the Indus, between the towns of Rohri and Sukkur. In 622 H. (1225 A.D.) Shums-ud-deen took an army to Oochch to overthrow Nasir-ud-deen, who had entrenched himself at Bukkur; to this place Shums-ud-deen detached Nizam-ul-Moolk, but Nasir-ud-deen, attempting to escape from Bukkur, took a boat, which foundered in a storm, and he was drowned. In 1839 (First Anglo-Afghan War) the arms were the following: Bukkur Bukkur Fort () is an island located in Rohri, Sukkur District, Pakistan. Named Bukkur (Dawn) by Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki in the seventh century of Hijri, this island is a limestone rock, oval in shape, long"
"Kayrakkum Dam The Kayrakkum Dam, also spelt variously as Kayrakum, Kairakum, Qayraqqum or Qayroqqum, is an embankment dam on the Syr Darya River near the town of Kayrakkum in Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It is situated on the western edge of the Fergana Valley and creates Kayrakkum Reservoir. The reservoir supplies water for irrigation, primarily in Uzbekistan downstream, and hydroelectric power production. The reservoir is also a Ramsar site. The dam's power station has an installed capacity of 126 MW and is operated by Barki Tojik. Construction on the dam began in 1952. It began to impound its reservoir in 1956"
"Mukutmanipur Dam The Mukutmanipur Dam is a dam in Khatra subdivision of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. The Kangsabati River (also variously known as the Kasai and Cossye) rises from the Chota Nagpur Plateau in West Bengal, and passes through the districts of Purulia, Bankura and Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal before draining in the Bay of Bengal, from Mukutmonipur. It is the second largest earthen dam in India. The road over the dam is in length. In the middle there is a small hillock called Paresnath hill where several statues of Jain and Hindu"
"Suru River (Indus) The Suru River (), a tributary of Indus River, is a river in the Kargil district of Ladakh region, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Suru River is a long river, that originates from the Panzella glacier which lies at Pensi La pass near the Drang Drung Glacier. The Drang Drung Glacier also gives rise to the Stod River which flows down in the opposite direction from the Suru. The source of the Suru River lies south of Kargil town, and north from Zanskar. Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir lies to the"
"Susri Dam Susri Dam, also known as Mahavir Bandhara (Mahavir Levee), is located around north of Shahada, Nandurbar district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Susri Dam is a Diversion dam. Susri River is affluent of Gomai River. Both rivers originate in the Satpura Mountain Range. Near Dara faata, which is north of Shahada, both rivers used to flow just apart. Around 10 years ago Engineers built a Levee to block the path of the water of the Susri river. A barrage was constructed in such a way that excess water in Susri river and hence Susri dam is released"
"Tabqa Dam The Tabqa Dam (, ""Sadd al-Ṭabqa""; ; ), or al-Thawra Dam as it is also named (, ""Sadd al-thawra"", literally ""Dam of the Revolution""), most commonly known as Euphrates Dam (, ""Sadd al-Furāt""; ; ), is an earthen dam on the Euphrates, located upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. The city of Al-Thawrah is located immediately south of the dam. The dam is high and long and is the largest dam in Syria. Its construction led to the creation of Lake Assad, Syria's largest water reservoir. The dam was constructed between 1968 and 1973"
"Sutlej River between Ferozepur (Firozpur, south of Lahore) and Kasur. The line reached Sukkur in 1879, and the steam ferry which transported eight wagons at a time across the Indus between Rohri and Sukkur was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of the Lansdowne Bridge in 1889 resolved the bottleneck, and Karachi Port was connected to the rail network. With other companies, the Indus Valley State Railway was merged with the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway in 1886 to form the North Western State Railway. The Punjab Northern State Railway, opened in 1876, was a line between Lahore"
"Singur Dam Singur Dam also written as Singoor (సింగూర్ in Telugu) is an irrigation, hydroelectric and drinking water project located in Singooru village near Sangareddy district in Telangana, India. It is a major source of drinking water for Hyderabad city. The Dam is built on the river Manjira. The construction was completed in 1998. Singur reservoir has live storage capacity of 29 Tmcft It is a popular tourist destination. This pipeline scheme is an inter river basin transfer link by feeding Godavari River water to Krishna River basin for Hyderabad city drinking water and subsequent regeneration/sewage flows generated (80%) for"
"Ranjit Sagar Dam The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab PSPCL on the Ravi River on the Border of two states of India Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. 60% of the lake is part of J&K. The project is situated near Pathankot city in Pathankot district of the state of Punjab and Kathua city and Basholi tehsil of Kathua district in J&K. The project is the largest hydroelectric dam of the state of Punjab. The township where the site is located is called Shah pur"
"Upper Anaicut The Upper Anaicut, also known as Mukkombu is a dam built on the Kaveri River in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The regulator dam was constructed between 1836 and 1838 by Sir Arthur Cotton, a British irrigation engineer who was inspired by the architectural beauty of Grand Anaicut canal built by Karikala Chola in Kallanai of Thanjavur district in the second century. Upper Anaicut or Mukkombu is about west of Trichy and 2 kilometers away from Jeeyapuram at a point where River Kollidam branches out from the main river, Cauvery. It is a lovely picnic"
"Siruvani River The Siruvani River is a river near Coimbatore, India. It is tributary of Bhavani river, which in turn is a tributary of Kaveri. Part of the Siruvani River is near Mannarkkad in the Indian District of Palakkad, Kerala. The river leads into two big tourist attractions in Southern India, namely, the Siruvani Dam and the Siruvani Waterfalls. The dam is also near The Banan Fort. Banan Fort and the Siruvani Dam, are west of Coimbatore city. The river has a village named after it, or possibly vice versa. In 2012, the Government of Kerala proposed the construction of"
"Lakhan-Jo-Daro Lakhan-jo-daro is an archeological site dating to the Indus Valley Civilization that is located within an industrial zone on the outskirts of Sukkur, Pakistan. The site, which is located in Sukkur District (around 100 km away from the Mohenjo-daro site) on the right bank of Indus River, was excavated recently. During 2006, aracheologists and students of Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) did excavations in this site. Excavations were also undertaken by Prof. Muhammad Mukhtiar Kazi of University of Sindh during 1996 and 2000. Lakhueen-jo-daro is located near Sukkur. Material cultural finds of this site indicate that it belongs to"
"Idukki Dam The Idukki Dam is a double curvature Arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as ""Kuravan"" and ""Kurathi"" in Kerala, India. At , it is one of the highest arch dams in Asia. It is constructed and owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board. It supports a 780 MW hydroelectric power station in Moolamattom, which started generating power on 4 October 1975. The dam type is a concrete, double curvature parabolic, thin arc dam. This dam was constructed along with two other dams at Cheruthoni and Kulamavu. Together,"
"Kumaradhara River The Kumaradhara River is an Indian river, in the southwestern India state of Karnataka. One of the two major rivers of Sullia, it merges with the Netravati River at Uppinangadi before flowing to the Arabian Sea. The merging of the rivers is a major event for the local villagers, as they crowd the river banks to watch what they call the ""Sangam"", which is a Sanskrit word for confluence. It is believed that pilgrims visiting the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Subrahmanya, must cross the Kumaradhara River, taking a holy bath in it before they go on to the"
"Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) The Lansdowne Bridge (Sindhi لينسڊائون پل; ) is a 19th century bridge that spans the Indus River between the cities of Sukkur and Rohri, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. When completed in 1889, the bridge was the ""longest rigid girder bridge in the world."" The Ayub Bridge was built immediately adjacent to the bridge in 1962, and so photographs of the Landsdown Bridge usually also show the Ayub Bridge. It was designed by Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel; he designed the Lansdowne Bridge Rohri at Sukkur over the Indus River, which when it was completed in 1889"
"Siruvani Dam Siruvani dam is a dam in Palakkad District, Kerala located 46 km away from Palakkad town. This dam constructed across the Siruvani River, is for supplying drinking water to the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The dam is surrounded by reserve forests. Muthikulam hill is situated on the eastern side of the dam. There is a natural waterfall in the hill. The waterfalls and the Dam are big tourist attractions. The famous 150-year-old Pattiyar Bungalow is on the banks of the Siruvani Reservoir. An agreement was executed in August 1973 between the state Governments for drinking water"
"Imnam Dam Imnam Dam is a dam on the Bukhan River in North Korea, completed in 2003. Construction began in 1986. The dam was immediately seen as a threat by the South Korean government. The Bukhan River is a tributary of the Han River, and war scenarios foresaw North Korea releasing flood waters that could engulf the South Korean capital of Seoul. Though fears of a ""water attack"" have diminished, 2002 satellite photos of cracks in the North Korean dam caused fears it could collapse following heavy rains. In September 2005, without warning, North Korea released a massive amount of"
"Sardar Sarovar Dam The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada river near Navagam, Gujarat in India. Four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Rajasthan, receive water and electricity supplied from the dam. The foundation stone of the project was laid out by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on April 5, 1961. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. The dam was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on September 17, 2017. One of the 30 dams planned on river Narmada, Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) is the"
"the two bridges seem like one from a distance. The Ayub arch became the world's third longest railway arch span and the first bridge in the world to have ""the railway desk slung on coiled wire rope suspenders."" Ayub Bridge Ayub Bridge (), named after Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan), is a railway bridge over the Indus river between Rohri and Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. The bridge is about 806 feet long, 247 feet high and cost Rs21.6 million. Ayub Bridge, can be truly declared as one of the prides of Sukkur. It has served the"
"Kayrakkum Reservoir Kayrakkum Reservoir (Tajik: Обанбори Қайроққум; Russian: Кайраккумское водохранилище), also spelled variously as Qayroqqum, Qayraqqum, Kayrakum or Kairakum, is a large artificial lake in Ghafurov District of Sughd Province, in northwestern Tajikistan. In 2016, the reservoir was renamed Tajik Sea (Tajik: Баҳри Тоҷик) by the country's parliament. The reservoir lies in the western part of the Fergana Valley on the Syr Darya river. The provincial capital of Khujand lies about 15 km west of the dam. It is also a Ramsar site. The reservoir created by the Kayrakkum Dam has a surface area of 523 km; its length is"
"Narendra Kumar (GM Hydro-BHEL) and joginder singh ( expert in hydro commissioning). As of date all four generating units of this project are running successfully. Chutak Hydroelectric Plant The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-river power project on the Suru River (a tributary of Indus) in Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir ( from the state's summer capital Srinagar). The barrage of the project is at Sarze village and the powerhouse is located on the right bank of the Suru near Chutak Village. The project construction began on 23 September 2006, and the first three generators"
"Rohri Rohri (Sindhi: روهڙي; ) is a town of Sukkur District, Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located on the east bank of the Indus River, located directly across from Sukkur, the third largest city in Sindh. Rohri town is the administrative headquarters of Rohri Taluka, a tehsil of Sukkur District with which it forms a metropolitan area. Rohri is west of the ancient city of Aror. Little is known about the city's history prior to the Arab invasion in the 8th century, but Aror was the capital of the Ror Dynasty, which was followed by Rai Dynasty and then the"
"Ukai Dam The Ukai Dam, constructed across the Tapti River, is the second largest reservoir in Gujarat after the Sardar Sarovar. It is also known as Vallabh Sagar. Constructed in 1972, the dam is meant for irrigation, power generation and flood control. Having a catchment area of about 62,255 km and a water spread of about 52,000 hectares, its capacity is almost same as that of the Bhakra Nangal Dam. The site is located 94 km from Surat. The storage capacity of Ukai dam is almost 46% of the total capacity of all the other existing dams in Gujarat if"
"m<br> Service Bay: 23m X 19.5m<br> Installed capacity: 3X15 MW<br> Number of units: 3 Nos<br> Type of turbine: Vertical shaft Kaplan<br> Maximum gross head: 32m<br> Rated net head: 27.83 m Dumkhar Dam Dumkhar Dam is a proposed 45 MW run of the river power project on the Indus river in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The project cost is Rs. 5,274.5 million including interest during construction at June, 2003 price levels. Dam<br> Type: Concrete gravity dam <br>Height of dam above: 42 m<br> Length of dam at top: 220 m Diversion tunnel<br> Number: 2 <br> Dia & Shape:"
"Shahpurkandi dam project The Shahpurkandi Dam project is located on the Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, India. The project will be constructed on the canal from Shahpurkandi Barrage to Madhopur headworks, downstream of the existing Ranjit Sagar Dam. The water released by Ranjit Sagar Dam shall be utilised for generating power from this project. The project will generate electricity of up to 206MW and provide irrigation to Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. On 6 December 2018, the center approved the initiation of the project. The construction of the dam is a per the framework of the Indus Water Treaty"
"Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. 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. The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its reservoir known as ""Gobind Sagar"" stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water. The 90 km long reservoir created by the Bhakra Dam is spread over an area"
"temple to have darshan, a glance from a holy person. Kumaradhara River The Kumaradhara River is an Indian river, in the southwestern India state of Karnataka. One of the two major rivers of Sullia, it merges with the Netravati River at Uppinangadi before flowing to the Arabian Sea. The merging of the rivers is a major event for the local villagers, as they crowd the river banks to watch what they call the ""Sangam"", which is a Sanskrit word for confluence. It is believed that pilgrims visiting the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Subrahmanya, must cross the Kumaradhara River, taking a"
"Tatar Dam The Tatar Dam is a earth-fill dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates), near the village of Tatarköy in Kovancılar district of Elazığ Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the sixth and last dam in the Peri River cascade, before Lake Keban. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and it began impounding its reservoir in early 2013. The power station was commissioned in late 2015. Its two generators were commissioned in February/March 2015. The tall dam withholds a reservoir of . It is owned and operated by Limak Energy"
"Rihand Dam Rihand Dam (), also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the largest dam of India by volume. The reservoir of Rihand Dam is called Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar and is India's largest artificial lake. Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India. Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River. The catchment area of this dam extends over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh whereas it supplies irrigation water in"