INDIAN

GEOGRAPHY
• Multipurpose Projects
• Largest National Highway
• Bhupen Hazarika Setu
• One Nation One Fastag Scheme
• Border Roads
 Project/River Purpose

Bhakhra-Nangal Project 1. Irrigation, 2. Hydroelectricity generation, 3. Soil

On river Sutlej 518 m long, 226 m high consevation

Damodar Valley Project 1. Irrigation, 2. Generation of Hydro and Thermal power,

On river Damodar, located in West Bengal and 3. Navigation, 4. Flood control (Damodar has
Jharkhand turned from a 'Valley of Sorrow' to 'Valley of Plenty')

1. Irrigation, 2. Production of Hydel power,

Hirakund Project
3. Navigation for over 480 km.
On Mahanadi river in Odisha; 4800 m long.

Tungabhadra Project
At Malappuram on the river Tungabhadra, it
1. Irrigation, 2. Generation of Hydro electricity
is 2441 m long and 49.3 m high; in Telangana and
Karnataka

Rihand Project
On river Rihand Hydroelectricity production.
Longest National Highway (NH) in 2018

• The longest NH in India is 3,745 km long NH-44 (Srinagar-Kanyakumari). Earlier it was NH-7

(Varanasi-Kanyakumari : 2369 km). The new NH-44 is the combination of NH-1 A, 1,2,3,7,26 and NH-

75. It passes through 12 states J&K, HP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, MP, Maharashtra, Telangana,

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

• The longest East-West stretch is the new NH 27, from Silchar (Assam) to Porbandar (Gujarat).
Bhupen Hazarika Setu
• The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, aIso referred to as the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, is a beam bridge in India,

connecting the northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge spans the Lohit River, a

major tributary of the Brahmaputra River, from the village of Dhola in the south to Sadiya to the north.

Setu Bharatam Programme

Launched in 2016, the Setu Bharatam Programme (for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on

national highways) is to make all national highways free of railway level crossings, by building Road

Over Bridges (ROBs)/Road Under Bridges (RUBs).

One Nation One FASTag Scheme
• "One Nation One FASTag" scheme aims to integrate the collection of toll digitally and ensure

seamless mobility of vehicles across India.

• The scheme has been implemented from December 1,2019, and can be availed upon activation by

new cars having Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on national and state highways

throughout the country.

• FASTags are stickers that are affixed to the windscreen of vehicles and use RFID technology to

enable digital, contactless payment of tolls without having to stop at toll gates.

• The tags are linked to bank accounts and payment methods.

• A FASTag is valid for five years and needs to be recharged only as per requirement.
Border Roads
• State Highways and other roads are constructed and maintained by the state government.

• Roads on the borders are constructed and maintained by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

• BRO was established in May 1960. BRO is a premier construction agency for the construction of roads

airfields, bridges, buildings, hospitals and schools.

• The BRO, through 'Project Dantak' is constructing and maintaining a large road infrastructure and

executing other prestigious projects in Bhutan.

• The BRO is doing highly commendable jobs of construction and maintenance in Myanmar and

Afghanistan too.
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