what is mean by multi purpose project ? what is disadvange of this project?
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Water Resources Projects are planned for various purpose like irrigation, Hydro Power Generation, Water Supply for Drinking and industrial purpose, Flood control, navigation etc. Projects which serves more then one purpose are called as Multipurpose projects.
Advantage of Multipurpose Project - (1) It controls floods. (2) It provides irrigation facilities and navigation.
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Projects which serves more then one purpose are called as Multipurpose projects. Generally majority of multipurpose projects are combination of irrigation and Hydro-power.
Disadvantages of multipurpose projects:
Large dams affect the natural flow of rivers.
The dams on the flood plains submerge the vegetation and soil leading to its gradual decomposition.
It further results in floods due to the deposition of sediments in the reservoirs.
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