Question

(10) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of multi-purpose river projects.
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Answer 1

1) advantages
Control the flood
Help irrigation electricity
Electricity production
Many native villages Inland navigation
Fish breeding
Resolvers destroyed local flora and founa
Many nativa villages submerged

Disadvantages
Multi purpose rivers valley projects
Displacement a hundred thousand millions people
Firtilizers other pollution in rivers
Pollut lakes

Answer 2

Explanation:

A multipurpose project is that which simultaneously serves several purposes. A dam built across a river often serves more than one purpose at a time and it is termed as a multipurpose project. It comes with some advantages at the same time some disadvantages. The advantages are flood control in flood-prone areas, irrigation facilities, hydroelectricity, check soil erosion etc. On the other hand, it has disadvantages such as, it restricts the natural flow of the river and the sediments are deposited in the river bed, it causes deforestation and disturbs the aqua life of the river