Multi- Purpose River Projects
Multi- Purpose River Projects
Managing the water resources: To cope up with water scarcity, conserve and manage the water resources, different ways of storing water in ancient times and multipurpose river projects in modern times have come up.
Multi-purpose River Projects - A multipurpose river valley project is such a scheme which is carried out to Fulfill a number of purposes at one and at the same time such as irrigation, generation of electricity,flood control and fish breeding etc. Example -Hirakund project in orissa on mahanadi . Archaeological and historical records show that from ancient times, we have been constructing sophisticated hydraulic structures like dams built of stone rubble, reservoir or lakes, embankments and canals for irrigation. Multi-Purpose River Projects launched after independence aims to develop proper management of water resources by storing river water for many purposes. Such as generation of hydroelectricity, irrigation, flood control, fish breeding, soil conservation etc. First Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, proclaimed multi-purpose river projects as ‘The Temples of Modern India’. As they initiate development of agriculture and the village economy with rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy.
Hydraulic Structures in Ancient India: Water harvesting system for channeling the flood waters of the river Ganga in the 1st century BC, Sringaverapura near Allahabad.
Objectives of Multi-Purpose Projects:
Adverse Effects and Limitations of Multi-Purpose Projects:
Failure to control Floods. The big dams have mostly being unsuccessful in controlling flood at the time of excessive rainfall. For example, the release of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006. The floods have not only devastated life and property but also caused extensive soil erosion.
Which of the following rivers is called " The sorrow of Bihar" ? | |||
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