MAJOR MULTIPURPOSE PROJECTS IN INDIA

S.No Name of the Project Type Location River Reservoir / Dams Height Lengt Irrigati & h on Length Power Power Houses Benefits

Punjab, Bhakra Nangal Concrete Himachal Project Gravity Dam Pradesh Damodar Valley Project

Sutlej

Gobind Sarovar

Ganguwal, 15 lakh 1200M Nangal-Kotla, 226 m 518m hectare W Roopnagar, Bhakhra Dam 5 lakh 49 m 3548m hectare 2854 MW Chiplima Power House

Flood control & Agriculture Flood Control, Transportation, Regular supply of water, Agriculture Power supply to Iron&Steel, mines and fertilizers unit

Jharkhand, Tilaiya, Konar, West Damodar Maithon and Bengal Panchet Orissa Mahanadi Left bank canal, Low level canal, High level canal Govind Ballabh Pant

Hirakud Project

4800m

7.5 lakh 275MW hectare

Tungabhadra Project

Andra Pradesh

Tungabhad ra

2.5 lakh 99MW hectare Power supply to tubewells / UP, Bihar / MP Drinking water to Gujarat&Rajasthan, Water to drought prone areas of Saurashtra, Kuchchh and northen Gujarat. Power supply to Andra Pradesh Powr supply to India (Bihar) and Nepal

Rihand Dam

Uttar Pradesh

Rihand

Sardar Sarovar Project or Narmada Valley Project

Gujarat, MP, Maharashtr Narmada a, Rajasthan Andra Pradesh India & Nepal Jawahar canal, Lal Bahadur canal Eastern Kosi canal and Western Kosi canal

17.92 lakh hectare

3000 MW

Nagarjuna Sagar Masonry dam Dam

Krishna

10 lakh 815 MW hectare

The Kosi Project

Kosi