Pandoh Dam:
Amidst the ongoing heavy rain and snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) opened the spillway gates of the Pandoh Dam recently as a precautionary measure.
- It is an embankment Dam that lies in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
- Constructed on Beas River, the primary purpose of Pandoh Dam is hydroelectric power generation.
- It is a concrete gravity dam, standing 76 meters (249 feet) tall.
- It was commissioned in 1977 and is located at a distance of 10 km from Manali.
- Being a part of a run-of-the-river power design, the Pandoh Dam diverts water from Beas to southwest through a channel of tunnels which are 38 km long.
- Before it is discharged into the Sutlej River, the water of the dam is used for power generation at the Dehar Power House (with a capacity of 990 MW).
- The dam has also created the Pandoh Lake, a popular tourist spot located 19 km upstream from the town of Mandi on the river Beas.
- The dam is under the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
- The road that goes over the dam is NH 21.
