Baglihar Dam is a 144-meter-high Dam built by India across the Chenab River in the southern Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Panorama of Baglihar Dam

Baglihar Dam’s Stage-I of 450 Mega Watt (MW) Baglihar Hydel Power Project was inaugurated on October 10, 2008. Construction of this work was started nine years ago, in 1999. Stage II of 450 megawatts Baglihar Hydel Power Project was inaugurated in November 2015 by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. This dam is also known as the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project. This dam now has a total power production capacity of 900 Mega Watts.

Pakistan has initially raised some disputes about this Dam at various international forums like the World Bank. Professor Raymond Lafitte, a Swiss civil engineer appointed by the World Bank to resolve the issue, declared his final verdict on February 12, 2007, forcing some changes like a reduction in the height of the dam structure, pond capacity, and raising of power intake tunnels.

On 1 June 2010, both India and Pakistan resolved the issues at the meeting of the Permanent Indus Water Commission and agreed not to raise the matter further, ending years of dispute once and for all.

How Do I Go to Baglihar Dam?

Anantnag is at around 130 kilometers distance from this massive barrage over the Chenab River.

Srinagar is at a distance of around 180 kilometers from the Dam. Pathankot in Punjab is also almost a distance from this dam in the Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.