DAMODAR RIVER VALLEY AN INDIAN PARALLEL TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY PRESENTED BY DIPANKAR CHAUDHURI 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY UNIT TENNESSEE DAMODAR CATCH AREA Sq. Mile 40,200 8,500 RIVER LENGTH Miles 652 336 FOREST COVER Acres 13,000,000 (1930) 6,000,000 (1948) NAT.RESOURCE Iron, Coal, Petroleum Iron, Coal, Copper Mica,Manganese 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY UNIT TENNESSEE DAMODAR MAJOR FLOOD Period Jan - Apr Jun - Oct MAX FLOOD OBS Cusec 500,000 (1897) 810,000 (1959) MIN FLOOD OBS 4,500 (1925) Nil SYST. FLOOD STOR. Acre ft 11,000,000 1,047,000 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY UNIT TENNESSEE DAMODAR RAIN FALL AND GAUGE SITE Nos. 109 (56 Regular) River Gauge: 8 Rain Gauge: 42 MEAN YEARLY R/F Inches 51(Varies 37-63) 45(Varies 28-67) MEAN YLY RUNOFF % Of Rainfall 42 35 ADVANCED FLOOD FORECAST Day 3 1 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY (MAJOR) Nos. 39 5 Built By TVA 20 Built By DVC 4 Acquired By TVA 9 GOB 1 By Alumin. Co 10 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY HYDRO PROJECT Nos. 49 3 Owned By TVA 29 Owned By Corp Of Eng US Army 5 Owned By Alumin. Co 15 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND DAMODAR VALLEY UNIT TENNESSEE DAMODAR IRRIGABLE AREA (Potential) Acres 1,400,000 IRRIGABLE AREA (Developed) 973,000 (1995) TOWN Nos. 61 (1951) 250 (1991) POPULATION 2,800,000 (1930) 14,200,000 (1951) 31,800,000 (1991) LITERACY % 16.42 (1951) 41.93 (1991) 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
HISTORY OF DAMODAR RIVER VALLEY The records of the Bengal Government for the period 1852-1923 show that the river breached its banks frequently. The Government was forced time and again to take up different plans for flood control works. Notably large floods caused wide spread damage in the years 1823, 1840, 1877, 1913, 1935, 1939, 1941, and 1943. Flood control by means of reservoirs was considered as early as 1863. British Engineers wishing to locate dam sites surveyed one reservoir site in January 1864. In 1902 a reservoir site was proposed at Barakar above the confluence of the Barakar and Usri Rivers. After the severe flood of 1913, a large reservoir was proposed once more for that site. In 1919, the idea of using multiple reservoirs was conceived. The idea was to use three dams – one on Damodar river, one on the Barakar river and one on the Usri river. Construction of Damodar Canal began in 1926. The Governor of Bengal set up the Damodar flood enquiry committee in 1943 & its report (Aug 1944) suggests the creation of an authority similar to that of TVA. 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395
ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395 ISSUES PRE-PROJECT ISSUES JUSTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT LAND ACQUISITION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REHABILATION ECONOMIC FUND ILLITERACY POLITICAL INTERFERENCE POST-PROJECT ISSUES EMPLOYMENT EXTRACTION OF FULL BENEFITS (GTP, TPD ETC) POLLUTION EROSION & SEDIMENTATION SHARING OF PRODUCT/COMMODITY (WATER, POWER) TECHNOLOGY 6/10/2018 ASCE: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / JUNE 2000 / 395