29/03/2014

Report on Gangrel Dam Visit

Submitted By Mukul Garg on behalf of Civil 4th Semester

Civil Engineering Association

Foreword
The entire Gangrel Dam visit was possible due to courtesy of Civil Engineering Association. The visit served as a practical learning opportunity for students of Fourth Semester Civil. A special thanks needs to be placed on record for Sunny Deol Sir, for his very kind cooperation. A special thanks to Govardhan Bhat Sir for allowing the trip and Manikant Verma Sir and Meena Murmu Maam for accompanying us on the trip. Lastly, thanks for M K Verma Sir for facilitating the trip. We wish to accomplish such trips in future.

Trip Timeline

Departure: 10:30 AM (against planned departure of 7 AM, discussed on last page) Arrival Onsite: 1 PM Lunch: 1-2 PM Site Visit: 2-5 PM Back to College: 7 PM

Total Students who went: 70 58 on Institutes bus 12 on private conveyance Accompanied by Three teachers

Site Visit
It consisted of the following things: Dam Inspection gallery Turbine Control Room of Turbine

Practical Knowledge Acquired

Layout of Dam Magnitude of sizes of foundations and other dam structures Reservoirs Turbine Placement and working Use of inspection gallery and sub-surface drainage Electronic turbine and generator control mechanism and electronic governor

Financial Expenses:
On food: Part I : Food packets from canteen amounting to Rs 4320 ( bill attached) Part II : To serve as a sweets in the packet, chocolates brought from market in Kota amounting to Rs 450

Problems Faced
The trip was almost on verge on cancelling due to conveyance problems. The earlier request for two buses (To accommodate 85 people) was not pondered upon, which resulted in overloading of bus. The students were still ready to accommodate somehow, but eventually the driver of the bus ranged up Dean S/W to tell him about the bus state. The Dean straight away directed to turn away the bus, as no faculty was ready to take on the responsibility of an overloaded bus. The bus returned to college. Then after requesting with the authority and floundering our way out of institutes code of conduct, we finally got a bus. The hardly managed to wheel on for 500 Meters, when it was declared unfit for travelling. Subsequently the trip was cancelled and both the buses returned to college. It was then, some students requested to go ahead with the trip. Few students walked out voluntarily, twelve of the students arranged private conveyance under the apprehension of being paid by Civil Engineering Association, as it is the association who is responsible for the mess. Whole of the class agreed to proposal and we finally made the trip. More than ninety percent of class found trip enjoyable and the work of Association members commendable. The lack of conveyance facility caused vexing, which should be eliminated in future. Other than that it was an excellent experience for all of us.