Mangla Dam
Mangla Dam
Mangla Dam
MANGLA DAM
GROUP MEMBERS
y Bilal Ali Syed y Omer Zafar y Waqas Anwar y Ali Sumair
construction firms y Sponsored by Guy F. Atkinson Company of South San Francisco y Contractors employed Pakistanis, Americans, British, Canadians, Germans, and Irish
The worlds largest dam at the time of its completion. Total fill was 140 million cubic yards. (in all the four dams, main dam, Jari dam, intake dam and Sukian dam.) Previous largest dam was fort peck dam on the Missouri river in Usa.
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PRIMARY FUNCTION
y To increase the amount of water that could be used
for irrigation
STRUCTURES
y Main Structures Of The Mangla Dam
Include
y 4 Embankment Dams y 2 Spillways y 5 Irrigation Tunnels y A Power Station
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ft.
y Width is 41 ft
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yard earth fill was used in main dam and the main dam was the worlds 3rd largest dam.
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JARI DAM
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43 million cubic yards earth fill used in Jari dam Maximum height above core trench 274 ft. Length 6800 ft. Width 40 ft.
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SUKIAN DAM
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MAIN SPILLWAY
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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50 million dollar earth moving machinery worlds largest peace time collection of construction equipment. Average rate of fill was 3 million per month. cubic yard
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Aggregate plant capacity 3000 cubic yards of concrete per hour. worlds biggest plant at that time. Mole to drive tunnels, specially designed. 36 ft. diameter to excavate 1650 ft. long five tunnels. at a rate 105 ft. per day. operated by Pakistani operators.
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EFFECTIVES
y Over 280 villages and the towns of Mirpur and Dadyal
were submerged
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COMPENSATION
y Pay royalties to the Government of AJK(Azad Jamu
and Kashmir)
y Work permits for Britain by the Government of
Pakistan
y In many cities in the UK the majority of the
'Pakistani' community actually originated from the dadyal Mirpur area of Disputed region Jamuu Kashmir.
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SETBACKS
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MANGLA RAISING
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THE PROPOSAL
y 30ft raising of dam y Increment in storage capacity by 2.9 million acre
feet
y 14% of the present energy yields from Mangla y 8023 households y An area of 15783 acres will be submerged in water
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(WAPDA)
y Chinese Company China International Water and
Electric Corporation for the construction of main works of Mangla Dam Raising Project
y Descon Engineering, Interconstruct Gammon
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MAIN COMPONENTS
y Main Dam & Intake Embankment Sukian Dyke y Jari Dam & Rimworks y Main Spillway y Emergency Spillway y Gate Equipment y Mirpur Bypass Road
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Reservoir
Minimum Operation 1040 ft. (317.1 m) Level Gross Storage Capacity Crest Elevation of Erodible Bund
4.5 MAF (5,553 MCM) 7.4 MAF (9,132 MCM) in in year 2007 year 2007 1216 ft (initial 1208 ft) Replaced by Concrete Control Weir, Crest elevation. 1243 ft. (379 m) 1266 ft. (386 m)
Elevation of Control 1234 ft. (376.2 m) Structure Main and Intake 454 ft. (138.5 m) Embankment Height
Additional Average Annual Water Availability 2.88 MAF (3,550 MCM) Additional Average Annual Hydropower 644 GWh
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COMPENSATION PACKAGE
y New City y Four towns with modern facilities y Infrastructure of high standard y Owners of land & built up property would be
adequately compensated
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OTHER ADVANTAGES
y Generation of employment opportunities y fillip to socio-economic activities y Fishermen
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REFERENCES
y Wikipedia y Pakpaedia y MDRP. Resettlement Organization goAJK
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