Pashulok Barrage | |
Location Map: | India Uttarakhand |
Coordinates: | 30.0742°N 78.2883°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Rishikesh |
Status: | O |
Dam Length: | 3200NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Ganges River |
Spillway Capacity: | 132000NaN0 |
Res Catchment: | 214000NaN0 |
Res Elevation: | 3300NaN0[1] |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 32.50NaN0 |
Plant Commission: | 1980 |
Plant Turbines: | 4 x 36MW Kaplan-type |
Plant Capacity: | 144MW |
The Pashulok Barrage is a barrage located on the Ganges River just south of Rishikesh in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India.
In a run-of-the-river scheme, the main purpose of the barrage is to divert water into a canal on the east bank of the river which feeds water to the Chilla Power Plant downstream at, 40NaN0 upstream of Haridwar. The power station contains four Kaplan turbine-generators for an installed capacity of . The change in elevation between the plant's intake and tailrace affords is a hydraulic head of 32.50NaN0. The design discharge of the plant is 5600NaN0.[2]