DAM AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT MANGLA, PAKISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A003200040001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 26, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE: KH 1047-2 ATTACHMENT TO
26 JULY 1968
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DAM AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT
MANGLA, PAKISTAN
3307N 7339E
0431-00195
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS MULTIPURPOSE DAM AND HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IS NEARING COMPLETION.
2. LOCATION:
AT MANGLA, 12.7 NM NNW OF JHELUM.
3. BACKGROUND:
THIS PROJECT, BUILT IN LESS THAN SIX YEARS BY A GROUP OF EIGHT AMERICAN
STRUCTURAL FIRMS, WAS REPORTEDLY ORIGINALLY PLANNED AND PROMOTED BY THE WORLD
BANK IN ORDER TO HELP PREVENT FURTHER WATER RIGHTS DISPUTES WITH INDIA. THE
UNITED STATES WAS THE FOREMOST CONTRIBUTOR ($250 MILLION) OF THE SIX NATIONS
THAT FINANCED THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECTED
4. MISSION READOUT:
KEYHOLE MISSION 1047-2 REVEALED THAT THE DAM AT MANGLA ON
THE JHELUM RIVER WAS COMPLETE, THAT THE RESEVOIR WAS FILLING, AND THAT THE
GENERATOR HALL WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALTHOUGH WATER IS FLOWING THROUGH
THE POWER PLANT. A SLUICEWAY WITH NINE GATES, ALL WITH WATER BEING DISCHARGED,
IS NEAR THE NORTH OF THE DAM. A FLOOD CONTROL SPILLWAY IS LOCATED NORTH OF
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
GROUP I EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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THE SLUICEWAY. TRANSFORMERS, SWITCHING YARD AND POWER LINES WERE NOT OBSERVED.
5. REMARKS:
THE DAM, AS PLANNED WAS TO BE 420 FEET HIGH AND 11,000 FEET LONG. IT WAS
TO CONTAIN FOUR 75,000 KW GENERATORS AND HAVE AN IMPOUNDED RESEVOIR CAPACITY OF
5.3 MILLION ACRE FEET, COVERING AN AREA OF 100 SQUARE MILES. THE WATER FROM
THE POWER HOUSE WILL BE DELIVERED INTO THE UPPER JHELUM CANAL FOR IRRIGATION
PURPOSES, AND REPORTEDLY WILL SUPPLY SOME 3 MILLION ACRES OF FARMLAND.
THOUGH MAINLY IRRIGATIONAL THE PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE, IN THE FIRST PHASE,
30C,00D KILOWATTS OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER TO BE LINKED TO THE GRID OF WEST
PAKISTAN. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE POWER POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASED TO 900,000
KILOWATTS AT A LATER DATE WHEN THE DAM IS RAISED 50 FEET AS PART OF ITS SECOND
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
MAP REFERENCE: 0431-20, 1ST ED, JANUARY 1962
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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DAM AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT
MANGLA, PAKISTAN
33-01N 013-39E
AUXILIARY DAMS
CONTROL GATES FOR CANAL
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