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Durgapur Barrage is built across the Damodar River at outskirt of bankura district border in Bankura district and partly in Paschim Bardhaman district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was constructed by Damodar Valley Corporation mainly for the purpose of irrigation and also to supply water to Industrial township of Durgapur.
The third dam across the Barakar River at Maithon was inaugurated in 1957. The fourth dam across the Damodar at Panchet was inaugurated in 1959. Durgapur Barrage was built in 1955, with a 136.8 kilometres (85.0 mi) long left bank main canal and an 88.5 kilometres (55.0 mi) long right bank main canal. [7] [8]
Station Operator District State Region Generator units Capacity (Under Construction [8] (Plant Coordinates Rammam Hydroelectric Power Project: WBSEDCL: Darjeeling
The first dam was built across the Barakar River, a tributary of the Damodar river at Tilaiya in 1953. The second one was built across the Konar River, another tributary of the Damodar river at Konar in 1955. Two dams across the rivers Barakar and Damodar were built at Maithon in 1957 and Panchet in 1958. Both the dams are some 8 kilometres (5 ...
Durgapur (/ ˈ d ʊ r ɡ ə p ɔːr /) is a major industrial city and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal.Located in Paschim Bardhaman district, economy and technology wise it is the most important city and urban agglomeration of West Bengal next to Kolkata and also the most important industrial hub of West Bengal. [7]
The Panchet Dam is an earthen dam with concrete spillway. It has a catchment area of 10,961 square kilometres (4,232 sq mi). The average annual rainfall is 114 centimetres (45 in) and average annual run off is 4,540 m 3 (160,000 cu ft). At the dam site the maximum observed flood (June 1949) was 8,558 m 3 (302,200 cu ft
There are many ponds, wells, canals, marshes and burrows all over the district. In the Damodar Valley region, there are around 17000 tanks. The Durgapur barrage and Mithon dam have formed two large reservoirs at the southwestern and western periphery of the district. [12]
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