1. Multi purpose river projects and Integrated water resources Management Std X CBSE As per NCERT geography textbook Contemporary India II Dam – it!
2. Villagers downstream celebrated and set off fireworks October 1963 Dakotas of the Indian Air Force dipped their wings overhead. Which project are we talking about? Pundit Nehru flicked on the switch of the powerhouse and opened the sluice gates of the dam. In his speech dedicating the dam to the nation, he called dams as the ‘ Temples of modern India’ Bhakra Dam
3. Was this the first dam to be built in India? The Grand Anicut was built during the Chola Dynasty in the 1st / 2nd century A.D . to harness the waters of the river Cauvery. Made of stone, the dam is as long as 3 football fields It is the oldest water regulating structures and is still very much in use. Photo by Claire Arni and Oriole Henri
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6. Multi-purpose river projects Earlier dams like the Grand Anicut impounded water for irrigation Today, as the name suggests – they are
7. Power Domestic Water Supply 1204 MW 1181MW 815.6 MW 1920 MW Kutch ,Saurashtra 10 million acres in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan 270 million gallons of drinking water per day to the industrialized areas of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand controls flooding of the lower delta region by the Mahanadi river prevents floods in the Sutlej – Beas river valley Tehri Irrigation Flood Control
8. diverts water from the Ganga into the Hoogly during the dry season to flush out accumulated silt and allow navigation through the Hoogly into the port of Kolkata water-skiing, sailing, kayaking, speed boating and water scooter racing fifty one species and sub species of fish. Also a water fowl refuge Tehri Inland Navigation Recreation Fish Breeding
9. Temples of modern India industries hydropower for electricity livelihood + fishing irrigation water supply Inland Navigation Flood Control They were seen as vehicles of development and growth of the Indian economy and hence worthy of worship
10. Temples of modern India? evaporation Green House Gas emission Displacement of local tribes Destruction of historical and archaeological sites Loss of natural biodiversity Loss of Livelihood
