Why In News?

=> Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated Bihar's first and country's longest rubber dam 'Gayaji Dam' built on falgu river in Gaya district.

Key Points:

=> Built at a cost of Rs 312 crore, the dam uses rubber instead of concrete.

=> It is also environmentally friendly. It is three meters high and 411 meters long. It has six spans of 60-65 meters in length.

=> Rubber sheets have been installed under the river in a length of about one thousand meters.

=> Its diaphragm is three hundred meters. Dam is like a balloon. Its rubber tube has an automatic system for filling and removing air. Balloon air can be removed when the water is high.

=> This will prevent and release water as per the need. According to the information, the Austrian company and the Hyderabad-based agency have prepared it together.

=> The rubber dam is made of 17 mm thick rubber. It is bulletproof. At the same time, it is being claimed that it will not deteriorate for one hundred years.

=> Built in Gaya, a famous pilgrimage site of Hindus and Buddhism, this rubber dam will keep water in the Falgu river throughout the year. This will facilitate people in bathing, pind daan and tarpan.

=> Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had laid the foundation stone on September 22, 2020.

=> Its construction was then targeted in October 2023. But it was completed in 2022.