The Shahpurkandi Dam project is located on the

Ravi River The Ravi River is a transboundary river in South Asia, flowing through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, and is one of five major rivers of the Punjab region. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two oth ...

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, Punjab, India, downstream from the

Ranjit Sagar Dam The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir and state Punjab. It is located upstrea ...

. The project is designed to irrigate 5,000 hectares in Punjab and 32,000 hectares in

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.Aman Sood
Shahpurkandi dam ready, capacity testing underway
The Tribune (India), 7 May 2025. 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

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regarding sharing of rivers between India and Pakistan.

Details

The project comprises seven hydro-generating sets located in two power houses, six each of 33 MW and one of 8 MW. The gross storage of the balancing reservoir is 4.23

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. The water released from the upstream Ranjit Sagar Dam, after generating electricity through the 600 MW power house during peak hours, is stored in the balancing reservoir to supply water to the irrigation canals continuously without any overflow into the downstream river.

Current status

The dam component of the project was completed in February 2024. The filling of the reservoir began in November 2024, and capacity testing was carried out in May 2025.

References

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