Monument and memorial, Rangamati
Kaptai Damকাপ্তাই বাঁধ
- Time needed
- An hour.
- best months
- Sep–Feb
- Cost
- Free from the road.
The earth dam across the Karnaphuli, completed in 1962, that made the lake and runs the country's only hydroelectric station: a 670-metre embankment with a spillway of 16 gates, seen from the lake side or the navy road.
At a glance
- Completed
- 1962
- Spillway gates
- 16
About
Built with American aid between 1957 and 1962, the dam is 54 metres high and backs up the lake that drowned the valley; its powerhouse gives 230 megawatts. The dam itself is a restricted area, but the lake-side road at Kaptai, the spillway view and the boat landings beside it are open, and the water pouring through the gates after the rains is a sight. The Kaptai town has the navy and the power station; the national park is next door.
Getting there: Kaptai town, an hour by bus from Rangamati or Chattogram.
Things to do
- See the spillway from the lake road after the rains.
Good to know
- No photography of the dam structures and the navy area.
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