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20-536: Tenughat Dam is located at 23°43′48″N 85°49′55″E  /  23.73000°N 85.83194°E  / 23.73000; 85.83194 . The Damodar River Valley Project on the Damodar River and its principal tributary, the Barakar River , is located in eastern India. The four main multipurpose dams located at Tilaiya , Konar , Maithon and Panchet were commissioned during 1953–1959. In addition,

40-636: A neighbourhood in Asansol having the same name, in Bardhaman district of West Bengal with Chirkunda in Jharkhand. With heavy traffic in the heart of the coal belt, the bridge built in the mid-19th century is in need of repairs. A new bridge has been built, to the north, on the bypass running from Kalipahari in Asansol to Nirsa in Dhanbad district. The huge volume of monsoon water was carried down

60-720: A single purpose reservoir on the main stream, the Damodar, at Tenughat (with live storage 224 million m and without provision for flood storage) was constructed later in 1974. While the four earlier dams are controlled by Damodar Valley Corporation , Tenughat Dam is controlled by the Government of Jharkhand. The 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) high earthfill embankment dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway and under-sluice structures, concrete diaphragm cut-off wall, rock excavation in foundation, diversion channel, coffer dam and appurtenant works at Tenughat

80-553: Is spread over an area of 5,921 hectares (14,630 acres). Tilaiya Dam was inaugurated on 21 February 1953. It has a power generation capacity of 2 x 2 MW. The main ( Patna - Ranchi ) road from Barhi on Grand Trunk Road passing through hills overlooking the reservoir is picturesque. The Indian Postal Service issued a set of four stamps for the Five-Year Plan series on 26 January 1955, that included one stamp of one anna value depicting Tilaiya Dam. Shortly after opening

100-411: The Barakar River at Maithon was inaugurated in 1957. The fourth dam across the Damodar at Panchet was inaugurated in 1959. DVC was formed with the central government and the governments of Bihar (later Jharkhand) and West Bengal participating in it. The main aims of the corporation were flood control, irrigation, generation and transmission of electricity, and year-round navigation. The corporation

120-674: The Indian state of Jharkhand and opened in 1953. The valley of the Damodar River was flood prone and the devastating flood of 1943, lead to the formation of the high-powered ”Damodar Flood Enquiry Committee” by the government of Bengal. The committee recommended the formation of a body similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority of the United States. Subsequently, W.L. Voorduin, a senior engineer of TVA,

140-656: The Barakar joins the Damodar at Dishergarh . Maithon Dam is 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Dhanbad and around 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Asansol . Other neighbourhood and suburbs in Asansol namely Rupnarainpur , Chittaranjan and Kulti - Barakar - Neamatpur - Dishergarh lie still nearer. It receives a steady and daily stream of tourists. In order to augment the meagre hydroelectric power generation DVC has gone in for both gas turbine and thermal power generation. While most of its facilities for such generation lie in

160-590: The Damodar region, Maithon in the Barakar regions is a major focal point. Maithon Gas Turbine Station was commissioned at Maithon in 1989. The station has an installed capacity of 82.5 MW with three units each of 27.5 MW capacity. The 2 X 500 MW Maithon Right Bank thermal power station is under implementation. It is a joint venture of Tata Power and DVC. A 2 X 500 MW greenfield thermal power station has been proposed for Koderma. The reservoirs at Tilaiya and Maithon, provided scope for development of fisheries. Efforts were made to introduce carp once

180-428: The dam has been built, the river passes through a narrow gorge , with hills rising steeply on both the sides. It is a concrete gravity dam with a maximum height of 30.2 metres (99 ft), while the hills on both the sides rise to a height of about 45.7 metres (150 ft). The spillway has 14 crest gates . There are 2 modified sluice gates at a lower level for release of water during the dry season. The reservoir

200-633: The left bank of the river Barakar. The structure is entirely of reinforced concrete. It has two generating units of 2 MW each with a provision for a third future unit of the same capacity. DVC's second dam was across the Konar , a tributary of the Damodar, in Hazaribagh district, and the third was across the Barakar at Maithon in Dhanbad district of Bihar, now Jharkhand. The river forms the boundary between West Bengal and Jharkhand in that area. The dam

220-521: The northern part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau , mostly in a west to east direction, before joining the Damodar near Dishergarh in Asansol , Bardhaman district of West Bengal . It has a catchment area of 6,159 square kilometres (2,378 sq mi). Its main tributaries Barsoti and Usri flow in from the south and north, respectively. Apart from the two main tributaries, some 15 medium or small streams also join it. The Barakar skirts

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240-567: The northern portion of Parasnath Hills , 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) above sea level, the highest hill in the region, located in Giridih district of Jharkhand and a centre of Jain pilgrimage. The river flows in all fury during the rains in its upper reaches and has washed away two bridges constructed successively on the Grand Trunk Road . The great stone bridge across the river near Barhi , in Hazaribagh district, built around 1848,

260-515: The project was constructed across the Barakar at Tilayia. DVC's first dam, Tilaiya Dam , was across the Barakar at Tilaiya , in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand , now in Koderma district of Jharkhand . It was inaugurated on 21 February 1953. The dam is 366 meters (1,201 ft) long and is 30.18 meters (99.0 ft) high from the river bed level. Tilaiya hydel power station is located on

280-638: The valley and formerly created havoc with floods in the lower Damodar basin. Annual rainfall over the basin varies between 765 and 1,607 millimetres (30.1 and 63.3 in) with an average of 1,200 millimetres (47 in) of which 80 percent occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. In order to harness the river (along with the Damodar), the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) planned and implemented independent India's first multipurpose river valley project. The first dam of

300-431: The water accumulated behind the dams but the results have not been commensurate with the efforts. 23°42′N 86°48′E  /  23.700°N 86.800°E  / 23.700; 86.800 Tilaiya Dam Tilaiya Dam was the first of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation . It was constructed across the Barakar River , at Tilaiya in Koderma district in

320-406: Was also expected to provide indirect support for the over-all development of the region. However, while Voorduin had proposed the construction of eight dams, DVC built only four. Tilaiya Dam was built across the Barakar River , a tributary of the Damodar River, about 130 miles (210 km) above the point of confluence. It is only 64.4 kilometres (40.0 mi) from its source. At the point where

340-541: Was appointed to study the problem. He suggested the multi-purpose development of the valley as a whole in 1944. Damodar Valley Corporation was set up in 1948 as “the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.” The first dam was built across the Barakar River at Tilaiya and inaugurated in 1953. The second dam, Konar Dam , across the Konar River was inaugurated in 1955. The third dam across

360-584: Was built for supply of water to Bokaro Steel Plant and the Bokaro industrial area. Union tourism ministry's proposal to boost tourism in each district, Bokaro district has zeroed in on the Tenughat dam area to be developed into a tourist centre. Barakar River The Barakar River is the main tributary of the Damodar River in eastern India . Originating near Padma in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand it flows for 225 kilometres (140 mi) across

380-643: Was inaugurated on 27 September 1957. The dam (both concrete and earthen) is 4,860 meters (15,940 ft) long and the concrete dam is 43.89 meters (144.0 ft) high above the river bed level. The unique feature of Maithon is that the hydel power station is located underground in the left bank of the river (on the West Bengal side) and is the first of its kind in India. The Power Station has a total generating capacity of 60 MW with three units of 20  MW each. About 13 kilometres (8 mi) downstream from Maithon,

400-557: Was washed away in 1913, after a fall of 250 millimetres (10 in) of rain in 24 hours. The narrow iron bridge, which was built to replace it, withstood the strains of troop movement during the Second World War, but gave way in 1946, with another great flood. A new bridge built in the 1950s has withstood the fury of the river. There is another bridge on the Grand Trunk Road, across the Barakar, connecting Barakar

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