Development of tourists spot will flourish the premises of Bilaspur district

Bilaspur, February 23: It always been the prosperity of the premises with the development of tourists spots. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has promised to develop Koldam and Gobindsagar as a tourists spot. This will provide employment to the youths in this region subsequently flourish the premises.

These places are full of nature, if developed with facilities tourist will definitely attract here.

The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support an 800 MW power station. The dam was constructed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). Due to problems associated with habitat and forest loss, the project has been delayed. Attempts to impound the reservoir first failed in December 2013 due to problems with sealing the diversion tunnels. By 18 March 2014, a fourth attempt to seal the tunnels and fill the lake was underway.

The foundation stone for the dam was laid on 5 June 2000 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On 14 January 2004, main construction on the dam began.

Gobind Sagar Dam..

The reservoir 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. Under the supervision of the American dam-builder, Harvey Slocum, work began in the year of 1955 and was completed in 1962. To maintain the level of water, the flow of river Beas was channelized to Gobind Sagar by the Beas-Sutlej link which was accomplished in 1976.