Tipaimukh Dam

Tipaimukh Dam
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Country	India
Location	Sipuikawn(Tipaimukh)
Coordinates	24°14′05″N 93°01′13″E / 24.23472°N 93.02028°E / 24.23472; 93.02028
Status	Planned
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	rock-filled, earthern
Impounds	Barak River
Height	162.8 m (534 ft)
Length	390 m (1,280 ft)
Elevation at crest	180 m (590 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	15.9 km3 (3.8 cu mi)[1]
Surface area	291.5 km2 (112.5 sq mi)[2]
Maximum water depth	1,725.5 m (5,661 ft)[1]
Normal elevation	178 m (584 ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)	NHPC Limited
Turbines	6 x 250 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	1,500 MW

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Tipaimukh Dam, officially "Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Dam Project",^[1] is a proposed dam on the Barak River at Sipuikawn(Tipaimukh) in Manipur, India. The purpose of the dam is flood control and hydroelectric power generation. The project was approved by the Government of India in 1999 and entrusted to the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited, later switched to NHPC Limited. Due to environmental concerns as well as concerns in Bangladesh over downstream effects, the project remains under discussion and no construction has yet taken place.^[3]