MULTI PURPOSE PROJECT

Created by
(Pallavi teacher)

G.Sathwik

4th class

Tagore Hig
School
Multi purpose projects
A multipurpose project is that which
simultaneously serves several purposes. ... Flood
control, irrigation, hydroelectric generation,
navigation, fishing and tourism etc are some of
the chef aims of multipurpose project.
Multipurpose River Valley
Projects in India

Many multi purpose projects

are introduced in India.
Some of them are :

bhakra nangal dam

damodar valley PROJECT
SARDAR SAROVAR DAM
NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM
NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the
Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the
border between Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh and
Nalgonda district in Telangana. Constructed between
1955 and 1967, the dam created a water reservoir with
gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres.
World's largest masonry dam protected
with 26 gates measuring 124.663m in
height , Nagarjunasagar Dam located
in Nalgonda District is built across River
Krishna. The dam has a storage capacity
of nearly 11,472 million cubic meters
with an irrigation capacity for 9.81 lac
acres of land.
Purpose of Nagarjuna sagar Dam
The dam plays a crucial role for irrigation in Andhra
Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the
districts of Nalgonda, Khammam, Prakasam, Guntur
and Krishna. That's not all. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a
multi purpose dam which is not only used for irrigation
but also for hydro-electric projects in India.
THANK YOU
TEACHER
FROM
G.SATHWIK
(ROLL NO.23)