OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CHUTE SPILLWAY OF KOL DAM PROJECT

Abstract

Satluj river, originating in the melting snows of Himalayan ranges, towering over Himachal Pradesh, and augmented by rapid runoffs from spasmodic rains over a vast hilly terrain, has a tremendous hydel potential ready to be harnessed in earnest to meet the insatiable power demand of the country. The extremely low per capita consumption of only 221 Kwh per year ( base year - 1984 )for the country as a whole in comparison to per capita consumption of 23,625 Kwh, 15,765 Kwh, 10,658 Kwh, 5,325 Kwh for the developed countries Norway, Canada, USA, erstwhile USSR respectively, is a sufficient index for stressing the need for addition of generation capacity at an accelerated rate. The Northern Region itself shall face a deficit, in peaking and generation capacity, of the order of about 4,600 MW and 25,000 Gwh respectively by the year 1997-98 which shall add to the gravity of the already serious power-position in the region. There is, therefore, an urgent need for addition of generating capacity in the northern region....