Dahanu (Pronunciation: [ɖəɦaːɳuː]) is a coastal town and a municipal council in Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is located 110 km from Mumbai city and hosts Adani Power’s thermal power station. It is the site of the approved Vadhawan Deep Water Port.[1]
Dahanu Thermal Power Station
Dahanu Thermal Power Station (DTPS) is Adani electricity's power generating facility. It is a 500 MW (2 X 250 MW) coal-based thermal power station.
The power plant was commissioned in 1995. DTPS is the first power utility to get both ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certificate in India.
Electrostatic precipitators (ESP) are installed to collect fly ash and minimize emissions to the atmosphere.
DTPS has installed a 275.34 m stack to ensure better dispersion of particulate matter. The stack has a diameter of 31.5 m at the bottom and a diameter of 16 m at the top, with two separate flues of 5.25 m diameter at the bottom and 4.75 m diameter at the top for each unit. This is the highest stack in Asia[2]
Geography
Dahanu is located at 19°58′N 72°44′E / 19.97°N 72.73°E.[3] It has an average elevation of 9.89 metres.[citation needed]
Climate
| Climate data for Dahanu (1991–2020, extremes 1943–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.9 (105.6) |
40.6 (105.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
39.2 (102.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.9 (98.4) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.0 (0.0) |
3.5 (0.14) |
456.3 (17.96) |
787.5 (31.00) |
484.8 (19.09) |
349.2 (13.75) |
43.0 (1.69) |
8.4 (0.33) |
1.3 (0.05) |
2,134.6 (84.04) |
| Average rainy days | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 20.9 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 67.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 67 | 64 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 76 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 71 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
As of 2011 India census,[6] Dahanu has a population of 50,287. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dahanu has an average literacy rate of 71%: male literacy is 77% and, female literacy is 64%. In Dahanu, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Among minority languages, Gujarati is spoken by 34.43% of the population and Hindi by 19.80%.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Hurdles for Wadhawan port (Rewas)". www.bloombergquint.com. Bloomberg Quint. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "::::::::::Reliance Energy LTD.::::::::::". www.rel.co.in. Archived from the original on 27 April 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Dahanu, India". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Station: Dahanu Climatological Table 1981–2010". Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 219–220. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "51st REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 15 July 2015. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
Further reading
- Shaikh, Faiyaz (2021). Essay on one of the developing town Dahanu Road. Dahanu's visiting detail. ISBN 979-8480295542.
- Irani, Anosh (2010). Dahanu Road. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-8172239718.
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