SPKD Administration


About Us


The Shahpur Kandi Dam design office is headed by the Chief Engineer, SPKD. He is assisted by XEN/PD and other supporting staff. This office is composed of two entities:

  1. Dam Design Directorate
  2. Hydel Designs Organization

Dam Degign Directorate


This office is headed by a Director assisted by a team of Senior Design Engineers and Assistant Design Engineers. They are entrusted with detailed design and preparation of drawings for overflow section of the concrete dam. The office is under administrative control of R.S.D.D., Chandigarh.

Hydel Designs Organization


objective :


Hydel Designs Organization has been set up for planning, design and issue of drawings for construction of various Hydel Projects in the state. The Projects whose design/drawings work has been successfully executed by this Organization are the Anandpur Sahib Hydel project, UBDC Stage I & II and Mukerian Hydel Project. All design problems regarding operation and maintenance of these Projects have been successfully tackled as and when referred to this Organization for solution. This organization has been working on functional basis maintaining continuity since its inception in 1961. Presently the major assignment being handled in this organization is the design/drawings work of Shahpurkandi Dam Project

The Civil, Mechanical & Electrical design/drawing work of Head Regulator on the left bank of the proposed dam i.e. Shahpurkandi Channel Head Regulator has been carried out and many drawings in this regard have been issued to the field for construction. Civil/Mechanical work relating to Hydel Channel, Head Regulator, bridges, cross drainage works, appurtenant works, and Power Plant design is required to be finalized. In addition to the above, this Organization also deals with preparation of Feasibility Report and Project Report of the planned Hydel Projects like UBDC Stage III, Shahpurkandi Extension Project.

Organization Set Up :


Chief Engineer, Shahpurkandi Design heads the Hydel Designs Organization under whom four Directorates namely Director/AW, Director/PP-II, Director PP-III & Director Mech. & Elect. are working. Each Directorate is headed by a Director in the rank of Superintending Engineer under whose able guidance Senior Design Engineers and Assistant Design Engineers are working. Administration matters are being looked into by Senior Design Engineer/Hydel Admn. . This Organization has been equipped with a small computer section provided with latest design softwares. A centralized Design record of this Organization has a vast wealth of drawings and design computations of Hydro Electric Projects designed by this Organization.

Brief Technical Data Of Projects Of Hydel Designs Organization I ) ANANDPUR SAHIB HYDEL PROJECT


Anandpur Sahib Hydel Channel takes off from the left bank of River Sutlej and upstream of Head regulator for Nangal Hydel Channel. Capacity of Hydel Channel 8340 cusecs

Length of channel 21.66 Kms.

No. of Power plants. 2 Nos.

Installed capacity 2 nos. of 27.5 MW each Power House.

Total installed capacity 55x2=110 MW.

Mukerian Hydel Channel :


Mukerian Hydel Channel takes off from Shah Nahar barrage situated downstream of Pong Dam at Talwara and outfalling into Langarpur Choe near Uchi Bassi on Jalandhar Pathankot Road and ultimately discharging into River Beas.

Capacity of Hydel Channel 11500 Cs.

Length 33 kms.

Power plant 4 No. Power plants

nstalled capacity 3 units of 15 MW each of PH I & II 3 Unit of 19.5 MW each at PH -III & IV.

Total installed capacity 207 MW

Shahpurikandi Dam Project:


Shahpurkandi Dam project is proposed to be executed on River Ravi about 11 Km downstream of Ranjit Sagar Dam. A concrete dam is proposed which will be 54.5 meter high above the deepest foundation level and 34.5 m. high above the average river bed.

a) Capacity of Hydel Channel 385m3+10% of extra carrying capacity

b) Length 7.7 Kms.

c) Power plant Ph I & PH II & a Mini Unit

d) Installed capacity PH-I 3 unit of 33 MW each PH-II 3 unit of 33 MW each Mini Unit of 8 MW

e) Total Installed capacity 206 MW.

UBDC Project Stage-II : UBDC Hydel Channel stage III is offtaking at RD 65000 ft. of UBDC Main Canal.


i) Capacity of the Channel 375 cs.

ii) Length of Channel 8700mts.

iii) Power Plant 2 No. RD 8700 on UBDC Hydel Channel Stage-II RD 900m UBDC Scope Channel

iv) Installed capacity PH-3Unit of 15 MW each PH- 2 Unit of 15 MW each

v) Total Installed capacity 75 MW

Organizational Structure