Teesta low dam (Stage IV)

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: NHPC Ltd.

Contractor: Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd., Mumbai

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 37 m³x10⁶

Height: 45 metres

Length: 196 metres

Volume of RCC: 167 m³x10³

Total volume: 170 m³x10³

Start of Project: 05/06 (May 2006)

Start of RCC: 01/13 (January 2013)

End of RCC: 05/15 (May 2015)

End of Project: 08/16 (August 2016)

Country: India

River: Teesta

DMS Co-ordinates: 26˚55'41.17"N, 88˚27'15.97"E

DD Co-ordinates: 26.928102, 88.454437

Slope	Type
0.40	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Slope	Type
separate

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cement (kg/m³)
85

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
135	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)