When was the Bagihar Dam built? India’s weapon made in ‘water strike’, Pakistan’s throat dried up, know everything

Srinagar/Jammu: 22 April 2025, it was a black day when tourists took place in Pahalgam. The militants who came in the army uniform fired on the tourists and escaped. 26 people died in this terrorist attack. After the incident, the whole country was filled with mourning and anger. There was a demand to respond to Pakistan. The Government of India carried out a water strike on Pakistan. First ended the Indus Water Agreement. Water was stopped at the Bagihar Dam on the Chenab River in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Salal Dam was closed. After the closure of these two dams, there was a shortage of water in Pakistan.
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Importance of Salal Dam:
The dam is also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station. Salal Dam is the last dam on the Chenab River in Reasi district of Jama-Kashmir. It is a run-of-the-winter hydro project. This means that electricity can be made through the natural flow of the river from this dam. Its flow cannot be stopped. Its first stage produces 345 MW (115×3) and 345 MW (115×3) in the second stage. The idea of ​​this project came in 1920. The Salal Dam built on the Chenab River is a rockfill (ie a rock filled with a rock) dam. The project is under the Bagihar Dam on the Chenab River in Ramban, Jammu.

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Work started in 1961
In 1961, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir started working on this project. In 1970, the Central Hydroelectric Project Control Board started its construction under the Ministry of Irrigation and Power. In 1978, the project work was assigned to NHPC. NHPC only takes care and operations. The first stage of the project started in 1987. The first unit of the second stage started in 1993, the second in 1994 and the third in 1995
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Baggihar Dam started in 1999
In 1996, the Government of India approved the construction of Baglihar Dam on the Chenab river in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Work on this project started in 1999 during the NDA government. Pakistan had objected to the Bagalihar Hydro electric power project. Pakistan had claimed that the project is a violation of the Indus Water Treaty. On this issue, the World Bank also called a panchayat and approved to create a minor change in its design. World Bank Professor Laughte, in his judgment on 12 February 2007, ordered the reservoir’s capacity to reduce 13.5 and reduce the height of the dam by 1.5 meters.

How much is the capacity of Bagalihar
The first phase of Bagihar Dam was completed in 2008-09. The second phase was completed in 2015-16, which was dedicated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the country. It was then believed that this dam could get strategic benefits during stress from Pakistan. Bagalihar is also a run-of-the-winter power project and the capacity to deposit water is limited. 32.56 million cubic meters of water may accumulate in this dam. Due to reducing its height, the problem of silt became a problem. If it is not cleaned, the reservoir will be completely filled in 13 years. In view of this, the World Bank allowed dradown flushing to prevent silt from being deposited. This project has improved power supply in Jammu and Kashmir.