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'''Umiam Lake''' (locally known as '''Dam sait''') is a [[reservoir]] in the hills {{cvt|15|km}} north of [[Shillong]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]. It was created by damming the [[Umiam River]] in the early 1960s. The principal catchment area of the lake and dam is spread over | '''Umiam Lake''' (locally known as '''Dam sait''') is a [[reservoir]] in the hills {{cvt|15|km}} north of [[Shillong]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]. It was created by damming the [[Umiam River]] in the early 1960s. The principal catchment area of the lake and dam is spread over 225 square km. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Umiam Dam, which impounds the lake, was built by the [[Assam State Electricity Board]] in the early 1960s. The dam's original purpose was to store water for hydroelectric power generation. The Umiam Stage I powerhouse, north of the lake, has four 9-MW turbine-generators, which entered commercial operation in 1965. Umiam Stage I was the first reservoir-storage hydroelectric project commissioned in the northeastern region of India. (Umtru Hydroelectric Project, a [[run-of-river]] project with an original capacity of 8.4 MW, began operation in 1957.) Three more stages of the Umiam Project were subsequently built downstream.<ref>http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Umiam_Stage_-_I_Power_House_PH00820</ref> | Umiam Dam, which impounds the lake, was built by the [[Assam State Electricity Board]] in the early 1960s. The dam's original purpose was to store water for hydroelectric power generation. The Umiam Stage I powerhouse, north of the lake, has four 9-MW turbine-generators, which entered commercial operation in 1965. Umiam Stage I was the first reservoir-storage hydroelectric project commissioned in the northeastern region of India. (Umtru Hydroelectric Project, a [[run-of-river]] project with an original capacity of 8.4 MW, began operation in 1957.) Three more stages of the Umiam Project were subsequently built downstream.<ref>http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Umiam_Stage_-_I_Power_House_PH00820 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Tourist destination== | ==Tourist destination== | ||