Reservoirs States
1 Ghataprabha Telangana
- Gandhi Sagar Madhya Pradesh
- Indira Sagar Andhra Pradesh
- Maithon Chhattisgarh
How many pairs given above are not correctly matched?
(a) Only one pair
(b) Only two pairs
(c) Only three pairs
(d) All four pairs
Answer: (c)
Ghataprabha- Karnataka (Pair 1 is not correctly matched) Gandhi Sagar- Madhya Pradesh (Pair 2 is correctly matched) Indira Sagar- Madhya Pradesh (there is one irrigation project with the similar name in Andhra as the ‘Indira Sagar Polavaram-project’ commonly known as the Polavaram Irrigation Project) (Pair 3 is not correctly matched) Maithon- Jharkhand (Pair 4 is not correctly matched) The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on India’s Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh. The Maithon Dam is located at Maithon, 48 km from Dhanbad, in the state of Jharkhand. It is located on the banks of Barakar River. The Barakar River is the tributary of the Damodar River.
Additional Information:
Polavaram Irrigation Project (Andhra Pradesh) is located on river Godavari in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The project is a multipurpose major terminal reservoir project on river Godavari for development of Irrigation, Hydro power and drinking water facilities to East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh.
