Lakhwar Dam

In 1976, Planning Commission granted approval for the project. In 2008, it was notified as a national project by the union govt and the union govt will bear the 90% cost. Project was stalled for almost 30 years, which was expedited with enhanced compensation payment in 2016 to the displaced villagers. All approvals are in place for the whole project including the Lakhwar Dam, except for the funding from the union government (c. 2017). In April 2016, things were expedited when Government of India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, granted clearance for the release of funding for the whole project at an estimated cost of INR39.7 billion (3966.51 crore), including INR25 billion (2578.23 crore) for the irrigation component to build dam and canals and INR13,9 billion (1388.28 crore) for the power generation component. Subsequently, in January 2018, bid for the construction of Lakhwar dam and 300MW power station was called by the Uttrakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited. Soon after in early 2018, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone, and construction commenced after contracts were awarded with a target completion deadline of 4 years by December 2022. ==The project==

The 927MW electricity and 580 million cubic metres water capacity project will irrigate 40,000 hectare land, and submerge 50 villages and 868.08 ha of forest land. Lakhwar Dam and Power Station . Lakhwar Dam is 192 meter high concrete gravity dam with 165.9 meter long head and 20 to 50 km long backwater reservoir on Yamuna River near Lohari village close to Lakhwar town, with 900 MW (3 X 300 MW) Underground power station on right/east side of Yamuna river. Vyasi Dam Vyasi Dam, also Byasi Dam, is 86 meter high concrete gravity dam with 113.92 meter long head that will be built 5 km downstream from Lakhwar Dam, with 120 MW power generation capacity at Hathiari. It is close to Juddo village which will be flooded once the dam is complete. Expected to be completed in May 2018. Hathiari Power Station Hathiari Power Station, 0.5 km downstream from Vyasi dam on the right/east side of the Yamuna, will have 120 MW of electricity generation capacity. The power station will have a 2.7 km long Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity power tunnel 7 meters in diameter with 70 Cumecs discharge, a 63.50 meter high Surge shaft 18 meters in diameter, two Pressure shafts each 209 meters long and 4 meters in diameter, and a Surface Power House (72 meters long x 24 meters wide x 40.2 meters high) with two Semi Umbrella Generators of 60 MW each composed of two Vertical Francis Turbines. Katapathar Barrage Katapathar Barrage, with the maximum ponding water level at 514.5m elevation, will be built further 2.75 km downstream of the "Hathiari Power Station". It will be used to store and uniformly distribute water to the stakeholder states. ==See also ==