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Shahpurkandi dam project

Pathankot District, India

The 2054th largest power station in the world

206 MW · Capacity

The Shahpurkandi Dam project is located on the Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, India, downstream from the Ranjit Sagar Dam. The project is designed to irrigate 5,000 hectares in Punjab and 32,000 hectares in Jammu and Kashmir. It will also generate electricity of up to 206MW and provide irrigation to Punjab (5, 000 Ha) and Jammu and Kashmir (32, 173 Ha). The construction of the dam is as per the framework of the Indus Waters Treaty regarding sharing of rivers between India and Pakistan.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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