14 Nov 2024        11:09:50 am

Geography

Gobind Sagar Lake

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Why in the news?

• Five FIRs have been lodged against three private companies engaged by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for the construction of the Kiratpur-Ner Chowk four-lane highway in Himachal Pradesh. These companies were charged with polluting the Gobind Sagar Lake by dumping muck and soil on forest land, which subsequently washed into the lake during the monsoon season.

Source: The Indian Express

About Gobind Sagar Lake:

• It is a reservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh, India.
• It is formed by the Bhakra Dam.
• It is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. 
• One of the world\'s highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations. 
• To maintain the water level, the flow of the river Beas was channelized to Gobind Sagar by the Beas-Sutlej link which was accomplished in 1976.
• It was declared a waterfowl refuge in 1962. Fishing is commonly practiced here. It has about fifty one species and sub species. Bangana dero, Tor putitora, Sperata seenghala and Mirror carp are some of the common species found here.

Sutlej River

• It is the longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River.
• It is also known as \"Satadree\".
• It rises on the north slope of the Himalayas in Lake Rakshastal in southwestern Tibet at an elevation above 4,600 m.
• It is primarily located to the north of the Vindhya Range, east of the Pakistani Central Makran Range and south of the Hindu Kush region.
• Course:
  • The river enters India by flowing west and southwest through the Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of 6,608 m. 
  • It then flows through Punjab near Nangal before meeting the Beas River. The merger of these two rivers goes on to form 105 Km of the India-Pakistan border. 
  • The river continues to flow for another 350 Km before joining the Chenab River.
  • The combination of the Sutlej and Chenab Rivers form the Panjnad, which finally flows into the Indus River.
• It has a total length of 1550 km, out of which 529 km is in Pakistan. 
• Its main tributaries are Baspa, Spiti, Nogli Khad and Soan River.
• Water from the Sutlej River has been allocated to India according to the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. 
• There are several major hydroelectric projects on the Sutlej, including the Bhakra Dam, the Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the Nathpa Jhakri Dam.

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