The Pashulok Barrage is a barrage located on the

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just south of

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in Dehradun district,

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Chilla Power Plant

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 , upstream of

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the ri ...

. 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

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of . The design discharge of the plant is .

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{{Power Stations of Uttarakhand Dams completed in 1980 Dams in Uttarakhand Barrages in India Dehradun district 1980 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Rishikesh

Chilla Power Plant

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