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Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed embankment dam on the river Barak in Manipur state India, first commissioned in 1983. The purpose of the dam is flood control and hydroelectric power generation. It has been subject to repeated delays as the project developed, as there has been controversy between India and Bangladesh over water rights, in addition to questions of environmental effects of the huge project, as well as the need to relocate indigenous Hmar people to make way for a vast reservoir.[1] In 2013, the governments of India and Bangladesh announced further delays, as the latter nation undertakes additional studies about expected effects and mitigating measures.

Tipaimukh Dam
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Country	India
Location	Sipuikawn/Tipaimukh
Coordinates	24°14′05″N 93°01′13″E
Status	Planned
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds	Barak River
Height	162.8 m (534 ft)
Length	390 m (1,280 ft)
Power Station
Turbines	6 x 250 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	1,500 MW

Technical features

The dam is planned to be 390m long and 162.8m high, across the Barak River, which enters Bangladesh below the proposed dam location. The dam's crest elevation will be at an altitude of about 180 m. above mean sea level, with a maximum reservoir level of 178 m. The dam was originally designed for flood control, to contain waters in the lower Barak valley. Hydro-power generation was later incorporated into the project. The project will have an installation capacity of 1500 MW, supplied by six 250 MW Francis turbine-generators.[2]

Controversies

Bangladeshi experts have said the massive dam will disrupt the seasonal rhythm of the river and have an adverse effect on downstream agriculture and fisheries.[3] The government of Bangladesh has decided to send an expert team to the dam area to examine the features and likely impact of the dam on the flow of water into the Surma and the Kushiara.

Another is the environmental factor. The Tipaimukh area lies in an ecologically sensitive and topographically fragile region. It is within one of the most seismically volatile regions on the planet. A major earthquake of magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale rocked Manipur-Myanmar border on 6 August 1988 at the epicenter of lat. 25°7′48″N 95°9′0″E, 240 km (150 mi) northeast of the dam site.[4]

In 2013 the two governments announced up to a 2-year delay, to allow Bangladesh to complete additional environmental studies.

References

External links

• Tipaimukh Project, NHPC
• Gowher Rizvi"Tipaimukh: A plea for rational and scientific discussion", Daily Star -
• Md. Khalequzzaman, "Impact of Tipai Dam on the haor regions", Daily Star

На других языках

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[fr] Barrage Tipaimukh

Le barrage Tipaimukh est un projet de barrage sur le cours du Barak dans l'état du Manipur en Inde. Le but de ce barrage est le contrôle du niveau de la rivière (prévention des inondations) ainsi que la production d'énergie hydroélectrique. Le projet a suscité des controverses entre l'Inde et le Bangladesh au sujet des droits sur l'eau ainsi qu'au sujet du déplacement d'une population (les Meitei) pour le remplissage du lac.

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