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What purpose does a multipurpose river valley project serve simultaneously?

Answer 1

Projects labled as multipurpose generally refer to a water retention system which is used to a) generate electricity, b) act to prevent water shed flooding, c) provide irrigation, d) naviagation e) habitat improvement and f) improve fishery populations. However, in most cases the "e" and "f" are fictions that people are told but do not occur. 
These projects also generally displace hundreds of not millions of people from very fertile land thus reducing the productivity of these people. They take away their livelihood and their homes of many generations. 
1) The role of multipurpose projects is to help reduce the impact of flooding while at the same time impounding the water for alternate uses. This of course has both human and environmental impacts. 
2) Positive: Flood control, power generation, water for irrigation, industry and human consumption, recreation, fishery, 

Answer 2

Answer:

Projects labled as multipurpose generally refer to a water retention system which is used to a) generate electricity, b) act to prevent water shed flooding, c) provide irrigation, d) naviagation e) habitat improvement and f) improve fishery populations. However, in most cases the "e" and "f" are fictions that people are told but do not occur. 

These projects also generally displace hundreds of not millions of people from very fertile land thus reducing the productivity of these people. They take away their livelihood and their homes of many generations. 

1) The role of multipurpose projects is to help reduce the impact of flooding while at the same time impounding the water for alternate uses. This of course has both human and environmental impacts. 

2) Positive: Flood control, power generation, water for irrigation, industry and human consumption, recreation, fishery, 

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