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IRRIGATION
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The total quantity of water in out river system is 164,450 crore cubic meter.
There are various reasons for water scarcity:
ü The rainfall is highly variable.
ü 18% of water available is polluted and not fit for drinking.
ü Almost all parts of India are affected either by flood or drought.
ü There is no equality with respect to water resource distribution both in terms of space
and time.
ü Demand for water is increasing due to rapid increase in population.
ü There is a poor ground water resource due to deforestation and overgrazing.
ü The storage facilities are very poor.
ü The cultivation of hybrid varieties of crops requires more irrigation.
ü Through evaporation lot of water that is stored in large reservoirs is lost
ü Dumping of various types of pollutants into water bodies reduce its usability.
MAJOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS:
Punjab and Haryana
ü Upper Bari Doab Canal from Ravi at Madhopur.
ü Western Jamuna canal from Jamuna at Tejawala.
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ü Sirhind Feeder from Ferozepur Feeder at Malanwala.
ü Sirhind Canal from Sutlej at Ropar.
ü Bhakra Canal from Bhakra Dam (This is the largest dam in India).
ü Nangal Canal from Nangal Dam.
ü Eastern Grey canal from Sutlej near Ferozepur.
Uttar Pradesh:
ü Lower Ganga Canal from Ganga at Narora.
ü Upper Ganga Canal from Ganga at Haridwar.
ü Eastern yamuna Canal from Yamuna near Faizabad.
ü Agra Canal from Jamuna at Okhla.
ü Betwa Canal from Betwa at Paricha.
ü Sharda Sahayak & Sharda Sagar from Sharda.
Bihar:
ü Soan Canal from Soan near Dehri.
ü Triveni Canal from Triveni at Triveni.
ü Eastern Kosi Canal from Kosi.
ü Eastern Gandak Canal from Gandak.
Madhya Pradesh:
ü Mahanadi Canal from Mahanadi at Rudri.
ü Waininganga Canal from Wainganga.
ü Tandula Canal from Tandula and Sukha rivers.
Rajasthan:
ü Ganga Canal in Ganganaar district
ü Jawai Project on Jawai river.
ü Chambal Project from Chambal.
ü Rajasthan Canal Project Water from Sutlej, Beas & Ravi.
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Maharashtra:
Pravara River Canal on the river Pravara at Bhandara.
Nira Canal Project on the river Yelwandi at Bhatagar.
Mutha Canal Project on the river Mutha at Khandakavasla.
Andhra Pradesh:
ü Godavari Delta Project
ü Krishna Delta Project.
ü Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal
ü Mallipuram Dam-on tungabhadra river.
ü Pochampad Project
ü Kadam Project
Tamil Nadu:
ü Cauvery Delta Canal
ü Lower Bhawani Project
ü Parambikulam-Aliyar Project
ü Manimuthar Project
ü Grand Anicut
Karnataka:
ü Ghataprabha Valley Scheme- on Ghataprabha.
ü Bhadra Project-on Bhadra
ü Kabini Project
ü Upper Krishna Project
Kerala:
ü Malempuzha Project
ü Pamba Canal.
Gujarat:
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ü Mahi Project-I-on Mahi
ü Kondana Project- on Mahi.
ü Dontiwada Project- on Banas
ü Ukai Project
Orissa:
ü Taldanda Canal
ü Mahanandi Delta Project
Other Major Irrigation & Power Projects:
Bhakra-Nangal Project:
ü This is a Joint venture of Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan.
ü This is constructed on the river Sutlej.
ü Bhakra Dam is the highest straightway gravity dam in the world.
ü This is with a reservoir named 'Govindsagar lake'.
ü Bakra Nangal Dam is 13 km, downstream of Bhakra dam. It has four power houses
(total 1204 Mw) at Gonguwal, Kotta, Left Bank and Right Bank.
Rihand-Dam Project:
ü This is built across the river Rihand on Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh border in
Mirzapur District.
ü Rihard is the longest manmade lake in India.
ü The reservoir is known as the 'Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar'.
Chambal Project:
ü This is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
ü This is built on the river Chambal.
ü The Chambal project comprises there dams viz Gandhi Sagar Dam (Madhya Pradesh),
Rana Pratap Sagar (Rajasthan) and Jawahar Sagar( Rajasthan).
Gandak Project:
ü This is a joint venture of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal.
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ü This is built on the Gadak River.
Nagarjuna Sagar Project:
ü This is located in Andhra Pradesh.
ü This is built on the Krishna River near Nandikonda village of Krishna district.
Kosi Project:
ü This is built on the River Kosi.
ü This is a joint venture of Bihar & Nepal, a barrage near Hanumannagar in Nepal.
Tungabhadra Project:
ü This is a joint venture between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
ü This is built across the river Tungabhadra.
Beas Project:
ü This is a joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
ü This is built across the river Beas and a dam at 'Pong'.
Hirakund Project:
ü This is the longest dam in the world.
ü This is built across the river Mahanandi in Orissa.
Damodar Valley Project:
ü This is a joint venture between West Bengal and Bihar.
ü This project has a series of small dams on the tributaries of river Damodar Thailaya
(R.Barakr), Konar (R. Kokar), Mainthan (R.Barakar), Panchet (R. Damodar).
ü This project has three thermal Power stations at Bokaro, Chandrapura & Durgapur.
Kakrapar Project:
ü The project is located in Gujarat.
ü This is built across the river Tapi in Gujarat.
Machkund Project:
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ü This is a joint venture between Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
ü This is built across the river Machkund.
Malprabha Project:
ü This is located in Karnataka.
ü This is built across the river Malaprabha.
Mayurakshi Project:
ü This is located in West Bengal.
ü This is built across the river Mayurakshi.
Hansdev Bango Project:
ü This is located in Madhya Pradesh.
ü The project is built across the river Hansdev.
Bhima Project:
ü This is located in Maharashtra.
ü This is built over the river Krishna.
ü The project has two dams viz Pabnadam at river Pabna and Ujjaini dam.
Jaikwadi Project:
ü This is located in Maharashtra.
ü This project is built across the river Godavari.
Tawa irrigation Project:
ü This is located in Madhya Pradesh.
ü This is built across the river Tawa.
ü The river Tawa is a tributary of Narmada.
Tehri Dam Project:
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ü This is located in Uttar Pradesh.
ü This is built over the river Bhagirathi near Dev Prayag.
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