A comprehensive river valley project that serves a number of purposes simultaneously is called multipurpose river valley project. Multipurpose river valley projects serve many purposes such as controlling floods, irrigating lands, generating electricity and attracting tourists.
Indira Gandhi Project and Bhakra Nangal Project
Multipurpose
Project:
A
comprehensive river valley project that serves a number of purposes
simultaneously is called multipurpose river valley project. Multipurpose river
valley projects serve many purposes such as controlling floods, irrigating
lands, generating electricity and attracting tourists. The multipurpose river
valley projects help in the storage of water. Stored water can be utilized for
agriculture and domestic purpose. These projects generate electricity for
domestic consumption.
The
Indira Gandhi Project:
Indira
Gandhi Canal system also called the Rajasthan Canal System, is the longest
irrigation canal system in the world. The canal serves as a passage for waters
of three rivers, the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej to a large area of
cultivable land. The 468 kilometers long canal caters mostly to the regions of
north-western India.
The
Pong dam built across the river Beas diverts the water from Beas into the
Sutlej river. The Rajasthan Canal supplies the regulated water to the district
of Gandhinagar, Bikaner and Jaisalmer. The canal supplies water to a large part
of Thar Desert. The waters of the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej are not fully
integrated and utilized for the purpose of agricultural growth in the regions.
The
Bhakra-Nangal Project:
The
Bhakra-Nangal project is India’s biggest multipurpose river valley project and
one of the largest of its kind in the world. The project has the highest
gravity dam in the world. The Dam built across the river Sutlej has a height
of226 meters. The project has cultivable command area of nearly 1.4 million
hectares. The project supplies water to these land areas through 1100 long
canal system.
The
project has a power station at Nangal. This power station caters to the power
needs of five northern states. The Nangal power plant supplies electricity to
the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and New Delhi.
Geography of India : Tag: Geography of India : - Indira Gandhi Project and Bhakra Nangal Project