Multipurpose River projects in India All Important River Name Current Affairs

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Multipurpose River projects in India

There are a lot of multipurpose river projects in India. The multipurpose river projects are utilized for hydroelectricity, irrigation domestic use of drinking water, river navigation, and so on. For this purpose, dams are built on the rivers. And the water reservoir formed due to this can also be utilized for the purpose of recreation such as boating and fishing. Hirakund dam on the river Mahanadi is located in the state of Odisha is the longest dam in India(length: Appx 8KM), the tehri dam located in the state of Uttarakhand on the river Bhagirathi is India’s highest dam(Height: Appx 260M)and the bhakra nagal dam located on the river Sutlej situated in the state of Himachal Pradesh is the largest dam in India. Also, the water reservoir formed due to this can also be utilized for the purpose of recreation such as boating and fishing.

In the list below are the important dams in India built on important rivers for particular purposes and along with the beneficiary states.

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IMPORTANT RIVER PROJECTS AND THEIR BENEFICIARY STATES

PROJECT	RIVER	PURPOSE	BENEFICIARY STATES
Bhakra Nangal project	Sutlej	Power and irrigation	Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan
Damodar Valley	Damodar	Power, irrigation, and flood control	Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh.
Hirakund	Mahanadi	Power and irrigation	Odisha
Nagarjunasagar project	Krishna	Power and irrigation	Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Tungabhadra project	Tungabhadra	Power and irrigation	Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Gandak River project	Gandak	Power and irrigation	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal as a joint venture
Kosi Project	Kosi	Power, irrigation, and flood control	Bihar
Farakka Project	Ganga	Power and irrigation	West Bengal
Beas Project	Beas	Power and irrigation	Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh
Indira Gandhi canal Project	Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi	Irrigation	Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan
Chambal project	Chambal	Power and irrigation	Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Kakrapara project	Tapti	Irrigation	Gujarat
Ukai project	Tapti	Power and irrigation	Gujarat
Tawa project	Tawa	Irrigation	Madhya Pradesh.
Poochampad project	Godavari	Irrigation	Telengana
Malaprabha project	Malaprabha	Irrigation	Karnataka
Durgapur project	Damodar	Power and irrigation	West Bengal and Jharkhand
Mahanadi Delta project	Mahanadi	Irrigation	Odisha
Idduki project	Periyar	Hydroelectricity	Kerala
Korean project	Koyna	Hydroelectricity	Maharastra
Ramganga project	Kala	Power and irrigation	Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Material project	Betwa	Multipurpose power and Irrigation	Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Tehri dam project	Bhagirathi	Hydroelectricity	Uttarakhand
Rihand project	Richard	Hydroelectricity	Uttar Pradesh
Kunda project	Kunda	Power and irrigation	Tamilnadu
Baglihar project	Chenab	Power and irrigation	Jammu and Kashmir