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Dams help us in many ways; hence they India.

are called multipurpose projects . Our first Some important multipurpose projects of
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru called our country are shown in the table.
these projects the Temples of Modern

Multipurpose projects Rivers States

Bhakra Nangal Project Sutlej Himachal Pradesh

Damodar Valley Project Damodar Jharkhand

Rihand Valley Project Rihand Uttar Pradesh
Kosi Project Kosi Bihar

Hirakud Project Mahanadi Orissa (Odisha)

Tungabhadra Project Tungabhadra Karnataka

Chambal Valley Project Chambal Madhya Pradesh
Nagarjuna Sagar Project Krishna Andhra Pradesh

Water for Irrigation
INDIA
MULTI-PURPOSE India is a monsoon country, so
Indus
PROJECTS farmers mainly depend on
Jhelum Chenab
Chenab
Chenab
Beas
Bhakra rainwater. But, in the monsoon, rain
Ravi
Satluj Nangal Tsangpo is not regular. So, they irrigate their
Indira Gandhi Canal Yamuna fields with the help of wells, tube
Indus
Kosi
Brahmaputra
Ganga
Luni Kosi wells and canals. We can also find
Rana Pratap Chambal Sind
Sagar Betwa Rihand
Gandhi Sagar Son Tilaiya tanks for irrigation in Tamil Nadu,
Matatila
DVC
Narmada Konar Damodar
Narmada
Narmada
Sardar Sarovar Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
I N D I A
Tapi Mahanadi Hirakud
People build tanks to collect water
during the rainy season, which is
Godavari
Koyna
then used for irrigation in the dry
Nagarjuna Sagar
Krishna
Y
BAY OF BENGAL
BA
OF
ARABIAN
ARABIAN BA Y OF BENGAL season. Wells and tube wells are
BENGAL
ARABIAN
SEA
SEA
SEA Tungabhadra Tungabhadra
Kaveri
Mettur (INDIA) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
(INDIA)
LAKSHADWEEP
SRI
LANKA
A
N O C E
I N D I A N O C E A N
I N D I
A
N
I N D I A N O C E A N
India—Multipurpose Projects
A tube well
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