Multipurpose Projects in India

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A multipurpose project is one that serves several purposes simultaneously. There are more than 30 multipurpose projects going on in India right now which are listed down.

Multipurpose Projects in India

Multi-Purpose Projects	River	Place
Salal Project	Chenab	J&K
Dulhasti Project	Chenab	J&K
Nathpa Jhakri Project	Sutlej	HP
Bhakhra Nangal	Sutlej Reservoir - Govind Sagar	HP - serves Punjab and Haryana
Tehri Dam Project	Bhagirathi & Bhilangana	Uttarakhand
Kosi Dam Project	Kosi	Nepal - Serves India & Nepal
Damodar Valley	Damodar	West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
Farakka Project	Bhagirathi-Hoogly	West Bengal
Mayurakshi Project	Mayurakshi - a tributary of Hughli rises from CNP	West Bengal
Tilaiya Project	Barakar - Part of Damodar valley project	Jharkhand
Chambal Project	Chambal - Dams: Gandhi sagar (MP), Rana Pratap sagar (Rawatbhata, Kota) and Jawahar sagar(Kota)	Rajasthan - Serves MP and Rajasthan
Mahi Project	Mahi (also known as Jamnalal Bajaj Sagar project)	Banswara, Rajasthan
Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar)	Rihand River - a tributary of Son, River Reservoir - Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar	Pipri, Uttar Pradesh
Rajghat Dam Project	Betwa river	Joint Venture between MP and UP Gov.
Tawa Project	Tawa - a tributary of Narmada	MP
Ukai Project	Tapi	Gujarat
Kakrapara Project	Tapi	Gujarat
Hirakud Dam Project	Mahanadi	Orissa
Machkund Project	Machkund River - a tributary of Godavari river	Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
Poochampad Project	Godavari (also known as Sri Rama Sagar Project)	lifeline of Telangana
Polavaram Project	Godavari	Andhra Pradesh
Nagarjuna Sagar Project	Krishna	Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Koyna Project	Koyna, a tributary of the Krishna River	Maharashtra
Srisailam	Krishna	Andhra Pradesh
Tungabhadra Project	Tungabhadra River - a tributary of the Krishna River	Karnataka - Serves AP and Karnataka
Sharavati Project	Sharavati - westward flowing river	Karnataka
Krishna Raja Sagar Project	Kaveri	Karnataka
Shivasamundram Project	Kaveri (Electricity to Kolar goldmines)	Karnataka
Mettur Project	Kaveri	Tamil Nadu
Idukki Project	Periyar and Cheruthony	Kerala
Umiam Project	Umiam	Shillong (Meghalaya)

Damodar Valley Project:

It was based on Tennessy project of the USA and was the first multipurpose river valley project of Independent India. It consists of the following subprojects –

Maithon Dam
Panchet Dam
Tilaiya Dam
Kangsabati Dam
Konar Dam

Beas Project:

It is a joint venture of the government of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. It consists of two units which are-

Beas-Sutlej Link - It is to divert some water from the river Beas into Satluj through two channels and an open channel to generate power and increase the storage capacity of the Bhakra reservoir (Gobindsagar).

The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is on the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Rajasthan Canal Project (Indira Gandhi):

It is an irrigation project to provide irrigation to semi-arid and arid areas of Rajasthan. It starts a few kilometers below the junction of the Sutlej and Bear rivers in Punjab state from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur.

Narmada Valley Project:

It is also known as Indirasagar Dam multipurpose project and its downstream projects are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Sardar Sarovar Project.

River Interlinking Program India:

The National Water Development Agency has identified 14 links under the Himalayan component where 16 under the Peninsular Rivers. It has given priority to these 5 projects:

Ken-Betwa
Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal
Damanganga-Pinjal
Par-Tapi-Narmada
Godavari (Polavaram)-Krishna (Vijayawada)

The Himalayan Interlinking Rivers – 14

The Peninsular Interlinking Rivers – 16

Objectives of River Interlinking Project:
Diminishing the water scarcity in western and peninsular India
Helping in irrigation and storage as a large part of Indian agriculture is dependent on rainfall
To reduce the effect of drought and floods
Reducing the diversity between the water surplus and water-scarce parts of India
Creating employment
Socio-economic development of people