5.2.

2 Detailed Design and Preparation of Drawings

Design units of CWC carried out designs in respect of 117 projects

during the year 2003-2004 as per details given below:

S No. Category No. of

Projects
1. Projects at construction stage. 64
2. Projects at investigation and planning stage (for which 41
detailed project reports are being prepared)

3. Projects with special problems 12

State-wise break up of all the 117 projects is shown in Fig. 5.1 and list
of Projects is in Annexure 5.1.

Some of the prestigious/important projects, which are presently being

designed/handled in D&R wing, are as follows:

i) Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project & Poornagiri Re-regulating

Project (Indo – Nepal)

Under the Indo-Nepal bilateral co-operation, the scope of Pancheshwar

multipurpose project is being actively discussed and defined to enable
finalisation of the Detailed Project Report. The treaty between His Majesty’s
Government of Nepal and Government of India as signed in 1996 lays down
the framework for integrated development of the Mahakali River including
Pancheshwar Project, Sarda Barrage Project and Tanakpur Barrage Project.
Several meetings of the Joint Group of Experts took place afterwards. DPR
Chapters and Drawings have been prepared.

The Pancheshwar project also envisages a re-regulating dam for which

two alternatives viz. at Poornagiri and Rupaligad were considered. In the
Nepalese DPR, the Re-regulating Project has been proposed at Rupaligad,
which was not favoured by Indian side initially. Instead, the India side had
proposed Poornagiri as the Re-regulating Project (1020 MW). This has been
reviewed in the Ministry of Water Resources and it has been decided to
consider both the alternatives. Geo-physical investigations for Rupaligad
Project are to be carried out and the DPR will be prepared after receipt of the
results of geo-physical investigations. However, draft DPR has been prepared
taking Re-regulating dam at Poornagiri.

ii) Tala HE Project, Bhutan.

The project envisages construction of a 91m high and 130m long

diversion dam across river Wangchu near Honka 3 km down stream of the
existing Chukha H.E. Project to divert 142.5 cumec of water into 22.40 km
long head race tunnel to generate 1020 MW (6 x 170 MW) power under a
design head of 820 m. CWC is the design consultant for
specification/construction stage works. The excavation/construction of all civil
components of the project are in full swing and the necessary design and
drawings for the same are being issued to the project authorities as per site
requirements.

48