Question

Select any one multipurpose project, prepare a report based on your research. Explain the effect it has on the people living in that area.

Answer 1

Multi purpose projects consist of one or more dams erected to contain the free flow of water, storage of water in artificially created reservoirs, power house for generation of Hydro electricity and feeder canals for irrigation.

The Damodar Valley Project provides the following benefits to the people living in the area:

1. The project's Power Station provides 104 MW of Hydro electricity.

2. It provides 136 km of inland waterways through reservoirs and canals.

3. The project's canals irrigate 4,50,000 hectares of agricultural land.