The first lake tapping was carried out at Koyna dam 13 years ago. For the second lake tapping, an additional tunnel, 4 km long, had been excavated, approximately 40 m below the surface of the lake.

After a gap of thirteen years, 'lake tapping' procedure was carried out at the Koyna dam in Satara district of Maharashtra today. The first lake tapping had been done in 1999. The dam was ...

A controlled explosion will take place at the Koyna reservoir on Wednesday in a procedure known as lake tapping to ensure that power-generating turbines operate uninterrupted at a higher speed ...

Maharashtra achieved yet another milestone on Wednesday, when its engineers succeeded in creating a controlled explosion called 'lake tapping' in the Koyna hydro-electric reservoir to facilitate ...

The lake tapping project, which was completed a year ago, has also given an upper hand to the dam authorities to generate power even if the water level of the dam falls drastically.

The Koyna region, close to the west coast of India, is considered an area of Reservoir Triggered Seismicity (RTS). Three years after builders completed the Koyna Dam, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake ...

The Koyna dam in western Maharashtra, which generates around 2,000 MW of power, has received as much as 6 TMC water in just last 24 hours due to heavy showers in its catchment areas. PTI.

The Shiv Sagar lake, formed by the Koyna dam, is approximately 50 km in length. To ensure the dam's safety, the area up to 7 km from the dam wall is still preserved as a restricted zone.

Satara, Apr 25 (PTI) After a gap of thirteen years, `lake tapping' procedure was carried out at the Koyna dam in Satara district of Maharashtra today. The first lake tapping had been done in 1999 ...