Bhadra Dam

Bhadra dam ಭದ್ರಾ ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟು
Bhadra Dam and Reservoir
Location of Bhadra dam ಭದ್ರಾ ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟು in India Karnataka
Official name	Bhadra
Location	Chikkamagaluru district – Tarikere Taluk, Karnataka
Coordinates	13°42′0″N 75°38′24″E / 13.70000°N 75.64000°E / 13.70000; 75.64000Coordinates: 13°42′0″N 75°38′24″E / 13.70000°N 75.64000°E / 13.70000; 75.64000
Construction cost	Rs.520 crores
Operator(s)	Water Resources Department and Karnataka Power Corporation Limited
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Bhadra River, a tributary of Tungabhadra River
Height	59.13 metres (194.0 ft)
Length	1,708 metres (5,604 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Multipurpose
Total capacity	71.50 billion cubic feet
Catchment area	1,968 km2 (760 sq mi)
Surface area	11,250.88 hectares (27,801.5 acres)hectares

The Bhadra Dam, (Kannada language: ಭಧ್ರಾ ಆಣೇಕಟ್ಟು), which has created the Bhadra Reservoir (ಭದ್ರಾ ಜಲಾಶಯ), is located on the Bhadra River (Kannada: ಭದ್ರಾ ನದಿ) a tributary of Tungabhadra River in Chikkamagaluru district in Tarikere Taluk, in the western part of Karnataka in India. The benefits derived from the reservoir storage are irrigation with gross irrigation potential of 162,818 hectares (402,330 acres), hydro power generation of 39.2 MW (three powerhouses, located on the right and left bank main canals), drinking water supply and industrial use. The dam commissioned in 1965 is a composite earth cum masonry structure of 59.13 metres (194.0 ft) height with length of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) at the crest level, which submerges a land area of 11,250.88 hectares (27,801.5 acres).

The Bhadra River rises at Samse in the Western Ghats Aroli hill range of Kudremukh range, and flows east across the Deccan Plateau. It is joined by its tributaries, the Somavahini (drains from a crater and meets Bhadra River at Hebbe), Thadabehalla, and Odirayanahalla. The river flows through the city of Bhadravathi and the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. The Bhadra meets the Tunga River at Koodli, a small town near Shivamogga. The combined river continues east as the Tungabhadra, a major tributary of the Krishna, which empties into the Bay of Bengal. The Bhadra Dam is built across the Bhadra River, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from Lakkavalli village and 50 kilometres (31 mi) upstream of the confluence of the Bhadra River and Tungabhadra River.Shimoga city is located 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the dam. The Bhadra Dam drains a catchment area of 1,968 square kilometres (760 sq mi) out of which the forest area is 717.49 hectares (1,773.0 acres), cultivable land is 3,274.65 hectares (8,091.8 acres) and fallow land is 7,258.74 hectares (17,936.7 acres). A number of industries, urban and rural settlements dependent on assured water supply lie on the banks of the river and in the project command area; Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd, the Mysore Paper Mills and Vishweshvarayya Iron and Steel Industries are the major industrial activity noted in the command area of the project.