the. first phase 1950 -1965 increasing irrigation and building dams
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What’s the dam problem with gigantic developmentalism?
Kapil Subramanian
JANUARY 15, 2018, 16:04IST
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Jawaharlal Nehru recognised the “disease of gigantism” which can eat up time, energy, resources, and livelihoods, and furthermore, create even greater loss by rendering the infrastructure project unwieldy and under-utilised.
The Hirakud dam, for all its gigantism, could not ensure its irrigation potential was fulfilled. It was impeded by an even sturdier barrier than itself — local belief. | PTI
Alluding to Big Dams in The Idea of India, Sunil Khilnani wrote that in the 1950s, India fell in love with concrete. While inaugurating the Bhakra Nangal project in 1954, Nehru called dams the temples of modern India but by 1958, he seemingly had a change of heart. In a speech that has become a staple of anti–big dam activism, he lamented the “disease of gigantism” that afflicted India’s development projects, addressing engineers at the Central Board of Irrigation and Power.
This change of heart was reflective of the end of the optimism of the 1950s, as India’s Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) seemed to be running into serious difficulties. More than any other sector, irrigation (through dams but also through modes like tanks and tubewells) was at the centre of the early post-colonial developmental state’s efforts. And therefore, understanding the late 1950s irrigation crisis is key to understanding this first big disappointment of post-colonial developmentalism.
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Answer:
Between 1950 and 1965 the Indian government invested heavily in irrigation and power projects
Explanation:
Big dams for irrigation and electricity generation like Bhaktapur nagal,Damodar Valley,Hirakand,Nagarjuna sagar,Gandhi sagar