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Bhakra Beas Management Board
Bhakra Management Board (BMB) was
constituted under Section 79 of the Punjab Reorganisation
Act, 1966 for administration,
maintenance and operation of Bhakra Nangal
Project w.e.f. 1st October, 1967. The Beas
Project works, on completion, were transferred
by the Government of India from Beas
Construction Board (BCB) to BMB as per Section
80 of the Act and Bhakra Management Board
was renamed as Bhakra Beas Management
Board (BBMB) w.e.f. 15.5.1976.
FUNCTIONS
The Bhakra Beas Management Board is
responsible for administration, operation and
maintenance of Bhakra Nangal Project, Beas
Satluj Link Project and Pong Dam including
Power Houses and a network of transmission
lines and grid sub-stations. The functions of
Bhakra Beas Management Board are:
To regulate the supply of Satluj and Ravi-
Beas waters to the States of the Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
To distribute power from Bhakra Nangal and
Beas Projects to the States of Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and
U.T. of Chandigarh.
Keeping in view the technical expertise available
with BBMB, the Govt. of India through a
notification in April, 1999 has also entrusted
additional functions to Bhakra Beas Management
Board of providing and performing engineering and
related technical and consultancy services in
various fields of Hydro Electric Power and Irrigation
Projects and to carry on all kinds of business
related thereto either independently or as a joint
venture with any Central/State/Public Sector
Undertaking(s) or Establishment(s) under the
administrative control of Ministry of Power or as
a joint venture with any other Agency/Organization
with the approval of Government of India.
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The works being managed by BBMB are broadly
grouped as three large multi-purpose projects viz.
Bhakra Nangal Project, Beas Project Unit-I (BSL
Project) and Beas Project Unit-ll(Pong Dam).
The Bhakra Nangal project comprises Bhakra
Dam, Bhakra Left Bank and Bhakra Right Bank
Power Houses, Nangal Dam, Nangal Hydel
Channel and Ganguwal and Kotia Power Houses.
Bhakra Dam is a majestic monument across
the river Satluj. It is a high straight gravity
concrete Dam rising 225.55 m above the deepest
foundation and spanning the gorge with 518.16
m length at the top. The Gobind Sagar Lake
created by the Dam has 168.35 sq.km. area
and a gross storage capacity of 9621 million
cubic metres. The two powerhouses, one on the
Left Bank and the other on the Right Bank have
a combined installed capacity of 1325 MW. The
Ganguwal and Kotia Power Houses fed from
Nangal Hydel Channel have an installed capacity
of 168.15 MW.
The Beas Project Unit-l(BSL Project) diverts Beas
water into the Satluj Basin, falling from a height
of 320 metres and generating power at Dehar
Power House having an installed capacity of 990
MW. This project comprises a diversion dam at
Pandoh, 13.1 km long Pandoh Baggi Tunnel
having capacity of 9000 Cusecs, 11.8 km. long
Sundernagar Hydel Channel, Balancing Reservoir
at Sundernagar, 12.35 km. long Sundernagar
Satluj Tunnel, 125 metres high Surge Shaft and
Dehar Power Plant.
The Beas Dam at Pong is an earth fill (earth
core, gravel shell) Dam , 132.6 metres high with
a gross storage capacity of 8570 million cubic
metres. The capacity of Pong Power Plant is
396 MW (6x66 MW).
The total installed generating capacity of the
BBMB Power Houses is 2879.15 MW as detailed
under-
Installed Capacity MW
Bhakra (Right Bank) 5x157 785.00
Bhakra (Left Bank) 5x108 540.00
Ganguwal 1x29.25+1x27.63+1x26.70 83.58
Kotia 1x29.25+1x27.20+1x28.12 84.57
Dehar 6x165 990.00
Pong 6x66 396.00
Total 2879.15
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