GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Ganga
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Brahmputra
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Satluj
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Yamuna
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Detailed explanation-1: -At 1, 500 MW capacity, Nathpa Jhakri is the largest hydropower project on the Sutlej River in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The Sutlej River rises in the Tibetan Plateau at an elevation of about 4, 570 masl, meeting the Chenab River to form the Panjnad River before the confluence with the Indus River.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nathpa Jhakri project, which began in 1993, is for a 1, 530MW installation on the upper reaches of the river Satluj in the Kinnaur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas. The project includes a 60.5m-high dam and underground desilting complex and a 27MW Francis unit.
Detailed explanation-3: -The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supplies a 1, 500 megawatts (2, 000, 000 hp) underground power station with water. Before reaching the power station, water is diverted through a 27.4 km (17 mi) headrace tunnel. Construction on the project began in 1993 and it was complete in 2004.