Question

write a complete information about the rivers (major 10) and the multipurpose project. class 9​

Answer 1

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Multipurpose Project # 1. Damodar Valley Project:

Prototype of USA’s Tennessee Valley Authority, DVC project was one of the very few composite projects, consisting of irrigation, flood protection meas­ures, hydel power projects etc. Since its inception in 1948, this project was more or less respon­sible for economic revival of the area.

The aggressive Damodar, during the rainy season, with all its surplus water used to en­gulf the entire region. Periodic and successive flood was so disastrous that Damodar was aptly known as ‘Curse of Bengal’. But after the construction of several dams, recurrence of flood is nowadays a bygone chapter. Storage dams were constructed at Tilaiya, Maithan, Panchet and Konar.

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The combined area controlled by all these dams is about 13,500 sq.km. Hydel power generation plants were erected at Panchet, Tilaiya and Maithon. Three thermal stations were also created at Chandrapura, Durgapur and Bokaro to provide power to the core sectors of industry and commerce e.g. Railway, Steel Plants, Coal mines. The major objectives of this pioneer and ambitious project include irrigation, power gen­eration, flood control, fishing, health improvement and recreation in the area.

Multipurpose Project # 2. Bhakra-Nangal Project:

The most ambitious project to convert large barren semi-arid tracts of North West India into lush green fertile agricultural field, Bhakra-Nangal project was one of the largest multipurpose Indian projects, constructed over the river Sutlej.

From the constructional point of view, indeed, erection of this dam was a remarkable achievement. The entire work was undertaken jointly by the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Central Government. After construction, Bhakra became one of the highest dam in the world.

Broadly, the entire project may be divided into two separate divisions:

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(a) The Bhakra Dam, and

(b) The Nangal Barrage.

The Bhakra Dam:

This project has the capacity to store more than 10,000 million m3 water. This lake is popularly known as Govind-Sagar.

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