Khuga Dam
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Description
- Height: 38 meters
- Width: 230 meters
- Cost estimate: INR 2.5 billion
Implementing companies:
- NPCC for earthen dam, spillways and canal
- R M Sinha & Co for power house and water supply
Present Status:
- Although the project has been inaugurated in 2010 by Smt. Sonia Gandhi, the irrigation canal is functional up to a few kilometres downstream, and the remaining part remains dry.
- The proposed hydroelectricity generation from the project never materialise. As of today not a single unit of electricity is generated from the dam. Paradoxically, no power house for generating electricity existed till today i.e. 17 March 2021 and may never be.
References
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- "Khuga completion still a long way off", The Imphal Free Press 1 May 2006
- "CM looks to June for Khuga dam completion", The Sangai Express 21 April 2007
- "Khuga Dam photo gallery" http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=gallery_popup&gid=144
- "R.M Sinha & Co" http://www.rmsinha.com
- "Aerial view of Khuga dam" http://wikimapia.org/1445648/
- "Khuga Head Works Division, IFCD Deptt. Manipur Khuga Multipurpose Project, Khuga Canal Divn No. II" https://web.archive.org/web/20071006170726/http://ccpur.nic.in/IFCD_khuga.htm
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