Water Sports Activities At Gobind Sagar Lake:
Himachal Chief Minister recently inaugurated water sports activities at Gobind Sagar Lake.
- It is a manmade reservoir located in the Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
- It is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.
- Its source is the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej River.
- One of the world’s highest gravity dams, the Bhakra Dam is perched at an elevation of 225.5 m above its lowest foundations.
- Gobind Sagar reservoir is 90 km. long and encompasses an area of approximately 170 sq. km.
- The maximum and mean depths of the reservoir are 163.07 m and 55 m, respectively, making it one of the deepest man-made lakes in the world.
- It is surrounded by lush green hills and the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas.
- It is also the third-largest in the country concerning the storage of water.
- It helps in supplying water for irrigation to the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, significantly benefiting agriculture in the region.
