Kaptai Lake
Area South-Eastern Bangladesh
Directions 22°29′45″N 92°13′45″ECoordinates: 22°29′45″N 92°13′45″E
Lake sort repository
Essential inflows Karnaphuli River
Essential outpourings Karnaphuli River
Catchment range 11,122 km²
Bowl nations Bangladesh
Normal profundity 100 ft (30 m)
Max. profundity 495 ft (151 m)
Kaptai Lake is a man made lake in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is situated in the Kaptai Upazila under Rangamati District of Chittagong Division. The lake was made because of building the Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River, as a feature of the Karnaphuli Hydro-electric venture. The Kaptai Lake's normal profundity is 100 feet (30 m) and most extreme profundity is 490 feet (150 m).
History
Development of the supply for the hydro-electric plant started in 1956 by the Government of East Pakistan.[1] therefore, 54,000 sections of land (220 km2) of farmland in the Rangamati District went submerged and made the lake.
The hydro-electric task was supported by the United States. The undertaking was done in 1962. Worldwide Engineering Company and Utah International Inc. gotten the agreement for development of the dam. The dam is 670.8 meters in length, and 54.7 meters high. The dam has a 745 feet (227 m) long spillway containing 16 doors. Through the spillway 5,250,000 cu ft/s (149,000 m3/s) of water can pass.
The land that went submerged because of the dam development, was 40% of the aggregate arable land in the territory. Alongside that, 29 square miles (75 km2) of the Government-possessed woodland, and 234 square miles (610 km2) of other backwoods arrive went submerged. Around 18,000 families with a sum of very nearly 100 thousand individuals were additionally uprooted. The royal residence of the ruler of the Chakmas was additionally overflowed and is currently submerged.