The Chakki River, " The Tributary of Beas, draining South -Western part of Himachal Pradesh. "

 The Chakki river is a tributary of Beas rising from Southern slopes of Dhauladhar range and joins Beas river near Mirthal in Punjab. The river carries both snow melt waters and rain fed waters of South -western part of Himachal Pradesh. 

 

                 View of Dhauladhar range

The Chakki river enters Punjab near Jasoor between Nurpur and Pathankot. The river has deposited huge sediments along banks in its course which are now under cultivation. 

                        View of Chakki river

Jal -Shakti Department of Himachal Pradesh has undertaken a medium irrigation project on Chakki river to irrigate 4000 hectare of land under Nurpur Subdivision. The project is named, " Phinna Singh Medium Irrigation Project. " Under this project a Dam is under construction accross Chakki river and water will be diverted through a 4.3 Km long tunnel , the work of tunnel is complete and the dam is proposed to be completed till December 2021. 

 The Beautiful View of Fields in Kangra valley

The work of distribution channels is in progress and the department has fixed  a target to give irrigation facility to some of the area. The initial cost of the project was 207 crore but the revised proposal for Rs 400 crores has been sent to Government of India for sanction. The project is likely to be completed in the year 2022. The name of dam is Phinna Singh Dam. The diversion of this water may affect the Dhar block in the down stream. 

           View of stepped Fields Kangra valley

        

                                 By :- Er. R C Verma