Manla Water Control Project

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Manla Water Control Project
满拉水利枢纽工程
CountryChina
LocationNyang Qu
PurposePower, irrigation, flood control
Construction beganAugust 1995
Opening dateAugust 2001
Construction cost¥960 million

Manla Water Control Project[1] (Chinese: 满拉水利枢纽工程), [2] also called as Manla Water Conservancy Project,[3] is the first large-sized, modern water control project in Tibet. [4] Its construction officially began in August 1995 and was completed in August 2001.[5]

The project has a total installed capacity of 20,000 kilowatts,[6] and its main function is to irrigate more than 400,000 mu of farmland on both sides of the river, as well as flood control and power generation.[7]

The project was invested and constructed by the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Water Resources, and was undertaken by the Third Corps of Armed Police Hydropower Troops (武警水电第三总队).[8] The total investment is ¥960 million.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Wu, Gu; Chen, Shanxiong; Li, Jian; Dai, Zhangjun; Guo, Jianhua (Apr 1, 2020). Stability Analysis of Slope and Nearby TransmissionTowers in a Hubproject Based on Flac3D. Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 474. Institute of Physics. p. 052113. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/474/5/052113.
  2. ^ "跨越50年:潮涌江河涛拍岸 雪域高原铸丰碑". China Today. 2015-08-27.
  3. ^ "Water Conservancy Construction". Ministry of Commerce. November 17, 2002.
  4. ^ China Communist Party of Tibet Autonomous Region Committee. Party History Research Office (2005). Chinese Communist Party, Tibet History, 1949-2004. Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House. pp. 951–. ISBN 978-7-80199-292-5.
  5. ^ "China Country Water Resources Partnership Strategy(2013-2020)" (PDF). World Bank. Retrieved 10 Aug 2020.
  6. ^ "Manla Water Control Project was completed". Sohu.com. 2018-02-07.
  7. ^ "Tibet is steadily becoming the national "West-East Power Transmission" energy base". China News Service. May 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Outlook News Weekly. Outlook Weekly. 1994. pp. 17–.
  9. ^ "Asia Water Tower The Ecological Crisis of the Tibetan Plateau". Tibet Post. 2018-02-07.


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