Dams are another source of inspiration for civil
engineering besides roads, bridges and sky scrapers. They are the largest epic
made by human in the world. Dams are useful in lots of ways they are use to
control floods, can be use to produce great amount of electricity, for
irrigation and great source of tourist attraction. Here I have compiled some of
the notable dams of Asia having distinct qualities.
ManglaDam:
This Dam was the first big civil engineering project
in Pakistan completed in 1967 by major funds of World Bank. It is located on Jhelum
River @ Azad Kashmir Pakistan. It is an Earth-fill type dam having two spill
ways and 5 power cum irrigation tunnels. The height of the dam is about 138 m.
It is right now world 16 largest dam in the world. It is likely to hose 3
million acres of Farm-land.
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NAGARJUNA SAGAR:This Dam is known to
be the world’s largest masonry dam made in Andhra Pradesh, India. It was
completed in 1967. It is located at a distance of 150 km from Hyderabad.The height of the main dam is about 128m. The main purpose
of this dam is irrigation and electricity generation.
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SRISAILAM DAMThe Dam is known to be the second largest capacity
hydroelectric project in India. It is built across Krishna River @ SriSailam in
the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The Dam is the primary source of
attraction in Andhra Pradesh.
Tarbela
Dam:
World’s Second Largest dam and largest earth filled
dam in the world. The Dam is located in the Indus Ravi River at Tarbela in
Swabi. As the dam is big so as its responsibilities are also big. It is use as
flood control, irrigation and generation of electricity. It was completed in
1976. The cost of dam was about 1.497 Million US Dollar.
Xiaowan Dam
World’s Second tallest Dam about 292 m and tallest Arch Dam in the world in
China. The Primary purpose of this dam is to generate electricity. Constructed
by Huaneng Power International Inc. at the cost of 3.2 billion dollar. The Construction
of the dam was completed in 2010 while started in 2002.
Nurek Dam:
World Tallest Dam in the world about 300 m tall
is an embankment type dam on the Vakhsh River at Tajikistan. It was completed
in 1980. It generates electricity which covers the need of whole nation. It is
also use for irrigation purpose. It has largest Reservoir of the country name
Nurek. 
Ata Turk
Dam
Originally known as Karababa Dam but was renamed in the honor of Mustafa
Kamal Ataturk founder of Turkish Republic, located on Euphrates river in turkey.
It is world 5th largest dam by volume about 49x109 cubic meter. It was
completed in 1992. The Project total Cost was about 1.25 billion dollar. The
main purpose of this dam is to generate electricity and irrigation.
Rogun Dam:
This Dam is under construction in Southern
Tajikistan on the Vakhsh River. In future it will be the tallest dam in the
world living behind its own native dam Nurek Dam, of about 35 meter taller than
present tallest dam. Its main purpose is to produce electricity and irrigation.
Uzbek President Islam Karimov called it a stupid Project as it will have impact
on cotton field irrigation system.
Ahai Dam:
It is under construction and will be established
completely in 2015. After 3 Gorges Dams in the world this dam is largest
conventional hydroelectric power station in Asia. It is located in Jinshaw
River. The Estimated cost of this project is around 2 billion US Dollar.
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Three
Gorges Dam:
China’s notable project after Great Wall of China.
It is currently most expensive dam in the world, also known as the largest
electricity producing dam about 22,500 MW, located in Hubei, China. It is fully
functional on 4 July 2012. In the construction of dam millions of families were
displace from one place to another. The China Government thinks that although
being the largest dams in the world it could also be the disaster as it creates
landslides, for which tens of thousands of families are displace from one place
to another. Let’s hope for the best.
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