Ranjit Sagar Dam

• The Ranjit Sagar Dam (RSD) project has achieved a new record of 153.97 lakh units in single-day power generation from its four units.
• The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has been operating all the four units.

ABOUT RANJIT SAGAR DAM (RSD)

• Ranjit Sagar Dam or Thein Dam is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
• A large portion (up to 60%) of the reservoir falls within Jammu and Kashmir.
• The dam was constructed to harness the waters of the Ravi River and was completed in 2000.
• It is a concrete gravity dam with a height of about 162 meters and a length of approximately 518 meters.
• The reservoir (Ranjit Sagar Lake or Thein Lake) created by the dam has a storage capacity of around 0.97 billion cubic meters.
• The project is the largest hydroelectric dam in Punjab with a capacity of 600 megawatts.