Pandoh Lake " Man -Made Artificial Lake, which mirror the immense beauty of Himachal Pradesh "

 The another mile stone, achievement of Engineers in the field of power generation and Irrigation is Pandoh Dam completed during 1977 known as Beas -Satluj Link Project at Pandoh, district Mandi, Himachal Pradesh by Government of India.

            Beautiful View of Nature in Mountains

Pandoh Lake is created by constructing an earthen  embankment dam on river Beas also named Bipasa ,height of dam is 76 metres (249 feet) and length 255 metres (837 feet) . The spillway of the dam is of Reinforced Cement Concrete for flow of water. 

             

                View of Embankment Dam Pandoh

The dam is situated at a distance of 19 km from Mandi at upstream of Pandoh village on Chandigarh-Mandi -Manali National highway No 21. A beautiful lake is formed as result of dam which has covered an area of 1.70 square kilometres with a reservoir capacity of 41000000 cubic metres of water. 

                       

                          Beautiful View of Nature

The waters of river Beas ,3.82 Million acre feet is diverted from Pandoh to river Satluj basin at Slappar for hydro-electric power generation in the Dehar Power House. The installed capacity of Dehar power  house is 990 MW. The potential head of water at Slappar is 320 metres (1050 feet). 

              Baggi Sundernagar Hydel channel

The Beas water is carried through a 25 feet dia. and 13.1km long Pandoh Baggi tunnel, then 11.8 km Baggi Sundernagar Hydel Channel  then again 12.35 km long & 28 feet dia Sundernagar -Satluj tunnel with underground differential type 75 feet dia. and 410 feet high Reinforced Cement concrete surge shaft at Dehar Power House and finally falls in Satluj river. 

                    Beauty of Lake with Mountains

The Pandoh lake is a charming place for nature lovers, the beautiful green hills add immense beauty of the spot. The lake is also a thrilling one for those who enjoy white water rafting and boating. 

                              Enjoy of Nature

Must visit the nature in Himachal Pradesh and enjoy adventure sports.

 "Enjoy nature, Save nature for quality life."

                                          By :- 

                                                    Er. R C Verma