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Wall in Mirpur center on one side and Mangla Dam on the other side of the wall

This is the story of mangla dam located in mir pur Azad Kashmir Pakistan

The dam is located on the Jhelum River

The dam was built in 1960

It was the largest competitive bidding project in the world in 1960

Mangla Dam is the Crown of pakistan

we are right now in the power station of mangla dam

This is main spillway

and this is our mangla fort

and this is our power house where we are standing

this one is intake area

Electricity is generated from here and then goes further, which is called switch yard

Then it goes to different grid stations

This is emergency spillway

When the water level reaches 1242 feet, the water flows out of here automatically

5 tunnels are here

water comes through tunnel then turbine run

The total area of ​​this dam is 100 square miles

The dam is providing 1150 MW of very cheap electricity

According to experts, the life of this dam is 50 years more

It has so far returned a lot of investment to the dam

the purpose of this dam is water storage

The Jhelum River, which has been flowing for thousands of years, was first diverted in 1960 to build the dam

The dam cost 35 Crore 40 lac Dollar

Only four walls were built for this naturally built dam

The main wall is 454 feet high from its base and 8,400 feet in length

second wall connect with main wall called intake wall

This wall works for power generation

This wall is 262 feet high and 1900 feet long

The third wall is called the sukian wall, 144 height and 16900 long

4th wall is on jari nalla and 11 km away from main dam its height is 274 feet and 6800 feet long

this wall is also have spillway

the power station of mangla dam is in intake wall

it has 5 tunnel

each tunnel has 2 turbine

total 10 turbines generating 1150 mega watt electricity

total electricity requirement was 1700 mega watt when the dam was complete

and the interesting thing is that this dam was generating 1000 mega watt alone

At that time, Pakistan's electricity needs were more than half

this is not only a dam this is history

It is an everlasting story of sacrifice

We should be grateful to the people living in the area of ​​several kilometers around dadial and mirpur

They made great sacrifices to build this dam

There are still old lands and villages under the lake of this dam