BANDRA TO WORLI SEA LINK IN MUMBAI

The Bandra–Worli Sea Link (BWSL) (Marathi: वांद्रे वरळी सागरी सेतू Wāndre Warḷi Sāgri Setu),
officially the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link[1], (Marathi: राजीव गांधी सागरी सेतू), is a cable-stayed bridge with

pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai

with Worli and central Mumbai, and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system.

The  1,600 crore (US$355.2 million) project of Maharashtra State Road Development

Corporation (MSRDC) was executed by Hindustan Construction Company, with design and project
management by DAR Consultants. The bridge was dedicated to the public on 30 June 2009 by
Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi,[9] although only 4 of 8 lanes were opened to
service.[10] All the 8 lanes were opened to traffic on 24 March 2010.

The Sea Link reduces travel time between Bandra and Worli from 45–60 minutes to 7 minutes.[11] The
link has an average daily traffic of around 37,500 vehicles per day.
HOWRAH BRIDGE IN KOLKATA

The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It was originally

named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrahto its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta).
On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore a great poet and the
first Indian Nobel laureate. However it is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.

The bridge is one of the four on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkataand West
Bengal. The other bridges are the Vidyasagar Setu (popularly called the Second Hooghly Bridge),
the Vivekananda Setu and the newly built engineering marvel Nivedita Setu. Apart from bearing the
stormy weather of the Bay of Bengalregion, it successfully bears the weight of a daily traffic of
approximately 80,000 vehicles [1] and, possibly, more than 1,000,000 pedestrians. It is the sixth
longest bridge of its type in the world.[2]
THE LONDON BRIDGE

London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London andSouthwark, in

central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the
western end of the Pool of London. On the south side of the bridge areSouthwark
Cathedral and London Bridge station; on the north side are the Monument to the Great Fire of
London and Monument tube station.

It was the only bridge over the Thames downstream from Kingston until Putney Bridgeopened in
1729. The current bridge opened on 17 March 1973 and is the latest in a succession of bridges to
occupy the spot and claim the name.[1]

The bridge carries part of the A3 road, which is maintained by the Greater London Authority;[2] the
bridge itself is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates (see City Bridge Trust), an
independent charity overseen by the City of London Corporation. The area between London Bridge
and Tower Bridge on the south side of the Thames is a business improvement district (BID) and is
managed by Team London Bridge.[3]
JAPAN –KOREA BRIDGE

The Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel (also: Korea–Japan Undersea Tunnel, JPN–KOR Tunnel, 한

일 해저 터널, and 日韓トンネル) is a proposed tunnel project to connect Japan with the Republic of
Korea (South Korea) via an undersea tunnel crossing the Korea Strait using the strait islands
of Ikiand Tsushima, a straight-line distance of approximately 128 kilometers (80 miles) at its shortest.
[1]

The proposal, under discussion since 1917, was followed with more concrete planning during the
early 1940s. It was not pursued, however, until after World War II. In early 2008 the proposal came
under renewed discussions by ten senior Japanese lawmakers who established a new committee to
pursue it.[2][3][4] This was followed by a study group from both countries in early 2009 that agreed to
form a committee for the creation of specific construction plans.[5] Committee head Huh Moon-do, a
former director of South Korea's National Unification Board and also a key member of the
former Chun Doo-hwan government, said the tunnel would help regional economics and would "also
play a key role in pursuing bilateral free trade talks" that are currently stalled.[4][5][6]

The proposed tunnel would be more than 200 km long and able to serve a portion of the shipments
between the two countries, which rose from approximately $40 billion in combined trade for 1999 to
just over $89 billion in 2008, as well as some of the 20,000 people who traveled daily between the
countries in 2009.
HEART OF AMERICA BRIDGE

The Heart of America Bridge is a vehicular girder bridge over the Missouri River,

in Kansas City, Missouri. It carries Route 9. It was the vehicular replacement for the
upper level of theASB Bridge, and runs next to it a few hundred yards downstream. It
was opened in 1987.

In September 2010, a bi-directional bicycle/pedestrian path, separated from

motorized traffic, was opened on the northbound span of the Heart of America
Bridge [1]. It was the first separated pedestrian crossing of the Missouri River in the
Kansas City area.
TEHRI DAM IN UTTHARKHAND

The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on

the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the
Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.
Completed in 2006, the Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal
water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity along with an
additional 1,000 MW of pumped storage hydroelectricity.[1]
A preliminary investigation for the Tehri Dam Project was completed in 1961 and its
design was completed in 1972 with a 600 MW capacity power plant based off the
study. Construction began in 1978 after feasibility studies but was delayed due to
financial, environmental and social impacts.

In 1986, technical and financial assistance was provided by the USSR but this was
interrupted years later with political instability. India was forced to take control of the
project and at first it was placed under the direction of the Irrigation Department of
Uttar Pradesh. However, in 1988 the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation was
formed to manage the dam and 75% of the funding would be provide by the federal
government, 25% by the state. Uttar Pradesh would finance the entire irrigation
portion of the project. In 1990, the project was reconsidered and the design changed
to its current multi-purpose. Construction on the Tehri Dam was complete in 2006
while the second part of the project, the Koteshwar Dam, remains ongoing.[
HIRAKUD DAM

Hirakud Dam (Oriya: ହିରାକୁ ଦ ବଂଧ) is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km

fromSambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. Built in 1957, the dam is one of the
world's longestearthen dam.[1] Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir,
55 km long. Hirakud Dam is one of the longest dams in the world, about 16 mi
(26 km) in length. It was the first major multipurpose river valley project started after
India's independence. The name of the dam is mostly mis-pronounced in North India
as Hirakund which is actually Hirakud.

Before the devastating floods of 1937, Sir M. Visveswararya proposed a detailed investigation for
storage reservoirs in the Mahanadi basin to tackle the problem of floods in the Mahanadidelta. In
1945, under the chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the then Member of Labour, it was decided to
invest in the potential benefits of controlling the Mahanadi for multi-purpose use. The Central
Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission took up the work.[2]

On 15 March 1946, Sir Howthrone Lewis, then the Governor of Odisha, laid the foundation stone of
the Hirakud Dam. A project report was submitted to the government in June 1947. Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru laid the first batch of concrete on 12 April 1948. The dam was completed in 1953 and was
formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 January 1957. The total cost of the
project was Rs. 100.02 crores in 1957. Power generation along with agricultural irrigation started in
1956, achieving full potential in 1966.[2]
NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (Telugu: నాగార్జు నసాగర్ ఆనకట్ట ) is the world's largest masonry dambuilt

across Krishna River in Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is

downstream to the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir with a capacity of up to 11,472 million cubic metres
which is the world's largest man-made lake with a concrete wall of that measures 6 ft (1.8 m). thick.
The dam is 490 ft (150 m). tall and 16 km long with 26 gates which are 42 ft (13 m). wide and 45 ft
(14 m). tall.[1]

It is one of the earliest irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India. The dam provides irrigation water
to the Nalgonda District, Prakasam District, Khammam District and GunturDistrict.

The proposal to construct a dam to use the excess waters of the Krishna river was put
forward by the British rulers in 1903. Siddeswaram, Hyderabad and Pulichintala were
identified as the suitable locations for the reservoirs. The perseverance of the Raja of
Muktyala paved way for the site identification, design and construction of the dam.
METTUR DAM

The Mettur Dam is a large dam in India built in 1934.[1] It was constructed in a gorge, where the River
Kaveri enters the plains.The oldest name of Mettur Dam is Stanley Reservoir. The dam is one of the
oldest in India[citation needed]. It provides irrigation facilities to a part of Salem, the length of Erode,
Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirappali and Thanjavur district for 271,000 acres (1,100 km²) of farm land.

The total length of the dam is 1700 meters. The dam creates Stanley Reservoir. The Mettur Hydro
Electrical power project is also quite large. The dam, the park, the major Hydro Electric power stations
and hills on all sides make Mettur a tourist attraction. Upstream from the dam is Hogenakal Falls.

The government of India's water resources ministry site[1] the Mettur dam is an old multipurpose
project of the south Indian state (province) of Tamil Nadu across the Cauvery river. It irrigates 1,310
square kilometres each year. Its installed capacity for hydro-power generation is 32 MW.

The maximum level of the dam is 120 feet and the maximum capacity is 93.4 tmc ft.
JAWAI DAM IN SUMERPUR

Jawai Bandh (जवाई बान्ध) is a dam built across the Jawai river, a tributary of Luni river. With the

same name, a village also situated near to the dam and a railway station onAjmer-Ahmedabad route.
It comes under Sumerpur Tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

Jawai Bandh (जवाई बान्ध) is one of the very important railway station between Ahmedabadand New

Delhi railway line for the people who commute to the other places for their livelihoods. Majority of
trains running on this route are having stoppage at this railway station. This railway station covers
many towns and villages like Sheoganj, Sumerpur, Bamnera,Posalia, Bankli, Takhatgarh, Paldi, etc.
of nearby area.

The dam is situated near Sumerpur town in Pali District of Rajasthan state in India. The dam

was built by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur in 1946. This village covers an area of 500
km². this is the biggest dam in the western Rajasthan. The dam has capacity of 7887.5
million cubic feet and covers an area of 102,315 acres (414.05 km2) of cultivable command
area.[1] Its height is about 61.2 feet (18.7 m). Sei dam and Kalibor dam are the feeder dams
of the Jawai dam.

Besides being a Winter paradise for migratory birds, it is the main water supply source
forJodhpur city and parts of Pali district. If there is sufficient water in the dam, then some
villages of Jalore district and Pali district get water for irrigation from the Jawai dam, which
was the main aim in making this dam.
[2]

One of the big hospital named as Mahavir Hospital is located near this station, which was
inaugurated by ex-President late mr.zail.singh.