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Q28
(IAS/2005)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography › Energy and power projects
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Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?
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Gandhi Sagar Dam has been constructed across the Chambal River and serves as the principal reservoir in the Chambal multipurpose scheme [1]. Texts on the Chambal basin explicitly list Gandhi Sagar among the main dams (Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar) developed as part of the river’s multipurpose projects [2]. Compilations of important river-valley projects also identify these three structures collectively as the Chambal (Chambal Valley) Project, naming Gandhi Sagar as the first/primary dam of that project. Hence Gandhi Sagar is part of the Chambal Project; it functions for irrigation, flood control and hydropower within the joint Madhya Pradesh–Rajasthan Chambal Valley development.
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- [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 8: Energy Resources > Table 8.9 > p. 21
- [2] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 3: The Drainage System of India > The Chambal > p. 14
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