India's Engineering Marvels #2 - A Himalayan Megastructure

[Chanakya's_Chant]

India's Engineering Marvels #2 - A Himalayan Megastructure

Television These megastructures have come up in the most hostile terrain of the country​

Surrounded by jagged peaks, prone to sub-zero winters and accessible only by steep mountain roads, a strong crew of 14,500 brave the mighty Himalayas to create an approximately $1.5 billion state-of-the-art 1000 MW hydropower project in the record time of 5 odd years – this is the Karcham Wangtoo Hydel Power Project. ‘A Himalayan Megastructure’ will narrate the story of the largest hydropower station ever to be constructed by a private company in India.

The Himalayas stand as a fortress to India’s northern frontiers, but flowing through its valleys, in Himachal Pradesh, was the key to unlocking India’s energy potential – the river Sutlej. These waters are vital to driving the 5{+t}{+h}largest power market in the world, and it is right here that an audacious new chapter in India’s power history has been written. Challenging all that was known & conceivable, the visionaries at Jaypee Group saw their dream through to its completion. In the ultimate joint venture between man, machine and nature, the Karcham Wangtoo Hydel Power Project saw the light of day.

Witness the story of a team that dared to dream different and push the boundaries of all that is tried & tested on ‘ A Himalayan Megastructure’, premiering on National Geographic Channel.

Source(s) and Reference(s) :- Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Himalayan Megastructure - The Hindu
About Megastructures Show - National Geographic Channel - India
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[ni8mare]

@Chanakya's_Chant good one bro....if u have some more like that then post i here ..or make it a engineering marvel thread..

 

[Supply&Demand]

Impressive!!

 

[Brahmos_2]

 

[Abingdonboy]

Not bad at all...

 

[Screambowl]

people preserve their flora and fauna but we Indians exploit it and invite Uttarakhand type calamity. Himalayas are not Andy mountains that we play with.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Impressive.

 

[Abingdonboy]

people preserve their flora and fauna but we Indians exploit it and invite Uttarakhand type calamity. Himalayas are not Andy mountains that we play with.

What's the alternative? India can't turn its nose up at 120 GWs of potential additional capacity from HEP. All one can hope is the feasibility studies and environmental impact studies are conducted to the best of us humans' ability. Looking at this project it seems as much was done to keep the project as low impact on the environment as possible.

 

[Screambowl]

What's the alternative? India can't turn its nose up at 120 GWs of potential additional capacity from HEP. All one can hope is the feasibility studies and environmental impact studies are conducted to the best of us humans' ability. Looking at this project it seems as much was done to keep the project as low impact on the environment as possible.

Hope so, but still i am never in favor of building dams there. Tehri Dam is one example. They are inviting trouble.

 

[cirr]

You guys need nearly 6 years to build such a small（wtih only 4 tiny 250MW generating units for a total output of 1000MW）run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station？

 

[gslv mk3]

You guys need nearly 6 years to build such a small（wtih only 4 tiny 250MW generating units for a total output of 1000MW）run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station？

Do you have any idea of terrain where its being built?

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

You guys need nearly 6 years to build such a small（wtih only 4 tiny 250MW generating units for a total output of 1000MW）run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station？

Firstly it took us 5 years not 6 as you suggest to complete this project.

Secondly this dam is India's largest Hydropower Project, in the Private Sector was commissioned on August 15, 2011 three months ahead of schedule as against the original schedule date of Nov 17, 2011 - Not a single extension of dead line was made during this entire project.

Thirdly this was the first time that a dam was built in such a tough terrain - Surrounded by jagged peaks, prone to sub-zero winters and is only accessible by steep mountain roads - no other option! Himalayan geology also posed severe challenges and the original drilling route was altered unexpectedly due to the rising temperature of the rocks inside the mountains.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

@Chanakya's_Chant good one bro....if u have some more like that then post i here ..or make it a engineering marvel thread..

Earlier I posted about three other Indian engineering marvels -

#1 A half-hour special documenting the resurrection of a jaw-dropping ~700 km long pipeline by Cairn India Limited, the film takes a look at the completion of the mammoth project that would be the resolution to the ultimate challenge faced by the biggest onshore oil discovery in India in the last 25 years. ~ 700 km of the line would make up the longest heated section of pipeline in the world.

Read more at:- India's Engineering Marvels - A Short Story of a Long Pipeline

#2 India home to Asia's largest Solar-Thermal Power Plant - This sophisticated technology was used for the first time in India to generate solar power.

Read more at:- India home to Asia's largest Solar-Thermal Power Plant

#3 India designs World's first Prototype Commercial Thorium based nuclear reactor - Earlier, India produced the world's first thorium nuclear reactor, the Kakrapar-1, in 1993, and as part of India's three-stage fuel cycle plan, a new Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) is being designed, slated for operation in 2016. The country hopes to use thorium-based reactors to meet 30 per cent of its electricity demands by 2050. One ton of Thorium can produce same energy as 200 tons of Uranium, or 3,500,000 tons of coal and India has the largest Thorium reserves in the world amounting to 846,000 tons.

Read more at:- India designs World's first Thorium based Nuclear Reactor

 

[Bombaywalla]

Do you have any idea of terrain where its being built?

I just got a whiff of cheap chinese street food yet again. Ignore him, please.

 

[Levina]

Karcham Wangtoo Hydel Power Project which was handled by Jaypee Group, has sold its two hydro power projects in Kinnaur district to a consortium led by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), the international energy and water company from Abu Dhabi, for Rs 10500 crore.
And it made headlines here few days.I am wondering if its going to be our next arch dam??The terrain is such that an arch dam would have been ideal.