knowledge

2. Presented by
Faisal
Ahmed
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3. Operating
System

4. Indus Waters Treaty
 The treaty was signed in Karachi on
September 19, 1960 by Prime
Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru
and President of Pakistan Ayub
Khan.

5. Tarbela Dam
 Tarbela Dam is an earth fill
dam located on the Indus
River in Pakistan.
 It's the largest earth-filled dam in the
world and fifth-largest by structural
volume.

6. Main Dam

7. Big Quranic Verse
Big Quranic Verse in the world
written over the Dam of
Tarbela dam.

9. Elevation
Tarbela Dam Elevation from
Sea Surface is 3500ft

11. Tarbela Dam
 Dam built over 84 villages.
 The largest town name was Tarbela so
It was named after the town Tarbela,
in KPK.
 The dam is 470ft (143m) high above
the riverbed.

12. Saeen Chup Baba
tomb
 The Saeen Chup Baba tomb had
been drowned in the river because
they built Dam . The dome of Saeen
Chup Baba is still.

14. Tarbela Dam
 The dam was completed in 1976 and
was designed to store water from the
Indus River for
 Irrigation
 flood control
 the generation of hydroelectric power

15. Project Duration
 Official name
Tarbela Dam
 Location :
Tarbela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan
 Construction began
1968
 Opening date
1976
Actual completion Duration:
8.3 years

16. Project Cost
 Construction cost USD
$1.497 billion

17. Dam
 Impounds
Indus River
 Height
470 ft from river level
 Length
9,000 ft

18. Reservoir
 Creates :
Tarbela reservoir
 Total capacity :
13.69 cubic kilometres
 Catchment area :
168,000 km2(65,000 sq mi)
 Surface area :
250 km2

19. Tarbela Dam

20. Power station
 Turbines :
10 × 175 MW
4 × 432 MW
 Installed capacity
3,478 MW to 6,298 MW (max)
50 %

21. Tarbela Dam Power
Station

22. Construction of Generator

23. Generator

24. Switchyard

25. Spillways

26. Spillways
Two types of spillways
 Service Spillways
 Auxiliary Spillways

27. Service Spillways

28. Auxiliary Spillways

29. Tunnel Units
 Tunnel # 1 : Units 1 to 4
 Tunnel # 2 : Units 5 to 8 & 9 to 10
 Tunnel # 3 : Units 11 to 14
 Tunnel # 4 : Units 14 to 18
Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project
Upon Tunnel # 4

30. Tunnel # 4

31. Tunnel # 4

32. Tunnel # 5

33. Barrage
 The Barrage located 7 km downstream of
Tarbela Dam,
 provides a pond which re-regulates the
daily discharge from Tarbela by diverting
the flow into the Power Channel.

34. Barrage Control
Building

35. Barrage

36. Barrage

37. Gates

38. Barrage Power
channel

39. Full View of Tarbela
Dam

41. •American Army cadets trained from Tarbela
Cantt
•Fishes
•Birds
•Guest House
•Important Secret Assets
•Snow Falling in 1984
General Discussion