Loharinagpala Hydroelectric Power Project
Loharinagpala hydropower project starts from Songad river is located on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi district of Uttarkhand. Loharinagpala is a weir type of dam. The height and length of the dam are 15 m and 115 m respectively. The total capacity of the dam is 190,320 cubic meters. The output capacity of the dam is 600 MW i.e (150 MW ×40).
Encardio-rite was awarded the sub-contract for supply as well as installation of safety monitoring instrumentation for the project. The instrumentation included:
- Piezometer
- Anchor bolt load cell
- Strain meter – rosette with no stress strainmeter
- Joint meters
- Temperature meter
- Borehole extensometer – multipoint electrical and mechanical
- Tape extensometer
- Plumbline – normal and inverted
- Portable readout units