India’s major multi-purpose river valley projects harness water for irrigation, hydroelectric power, flood control, and navigation. Key projects include:
Bhakra-Nangal (Sutlej): One of the highest gravity dams, providing irrigation to Punjab, Haryana, & Rajasthan, significant hydropower, and flood mitigation.
Hirakud (Mahanadi): World’s longest earthen dam, crucial for irrigating Odisha and generating power, while controlling floods in the delta.
Damodar Valley Corporation (Damodar): India’s first multi-purpose project, transforming the “Sorrow of Bengal” through integrated dams, barrages, and thermal plants for irrigation, power, and flood control in West Bengal & Jharkhand.
These projects are vital for agricultural growth, industrial development, water security, and regional prosperity.
Important Multi Purpose River Valley Projects Of India
Name of the Project – Beneficiary States
- Rana Pratap Sagar Project (Chambal River) – Rajasthan
- Jawahar Sagar Project (Chambal River) – Rajasthan
- Sirhind Canal Pte. (Sutlej River) – Haryana
- Tulbul Project (Jhelum River) – Jammu and Kashmir (K.S.P)
- Dulhasti Project (Chinaw River) – Jammu & Kashmir (KSP)
- Tilaiya Project (Barakar River) – Jharkhand
- Sardar Sarovar Project (Narmada River) – Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra and Rajasthan
- Baglihar Project (Chenab River) – Jammu & Kashmir (KSR)
- Kosi Project (Kosi River) – Bihar and Nepal
- Gandak River Project (Gandak River) – Bihar, Nepal
- Farakka Project (Ganga, Bhagirathi River) – West Bengal
- Kakadapara Project (Tapti River) – Gujarat
- Bhakra Nangal Pari. (Sutlej River) – Punjab, Haryana, H.P., Rajasthan
- Beas Project (Beas River) – Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
- Damodar Valley (Damodar River) – Jharkhand, West Bengal
- Hirakud Dam Project (Mahanadi River) – Odisha
- Chambal Project (Chambal River) – Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
- Tungabhadra Project (Tungabhadra River) -Telangana and Karnataka
- Mayurakshi Project (Mayurakshi River) – West Bengal
- Nagarjuna Sagar Pt. (River Krishna) – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- Tawa Project (Tawa River) – Madhya Pradesh
- Nagpur power house. (Koradi River) – Maharashtra
- Indira Gandhi canal (Sutlej River) – Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana
- Ukai Project (Tapti River) – Gujarat
- Pochampad Project (Godavari River) – Karnataka
- Malaprabha Project (Malaprabha River) – Karnataka
- Mahanadi Delta Project (Mahanadi River) – Odisha
- Rihand Project (Rihand River) – Uttar Pradesh
- Kunda Project (Kunda River) – Tamil Nadu
- Durga Barrage Project (Damodar River) – West Bengal and Jharkhand
- Idukki Project (Periyar River) – Kerala
- Sharda Project (Sharda, Gomti) – Uttar Pradesh
- Purna Project (Purna River) – Maharashtra
- Bargi Project (Bargi River) – Madhya Pradesh
- Hansdev Bango Project (Hansdev River) – Chhattisgarh
- Dandakaranya Project – Madhya Pradesh
- Hansdev Bango Project (Hansdev River) – Chhattisgarh
- Dandakaranya Project – Odisha, Madhya Pradesh
- Sharavathi Project (Sharavathi River) – Karnataka
- Panchet Dam (Damodar River) – Jharkhand, West Bengal
- Ganga Sagar Project (Chambal River) – Madhya Pradesh
- Tehri Dam (Bhagirathi River) – Uttarakhand
- Matatila Project (Betwa River) – Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Koyna Project (Koyna River) – Maharashtra
- Ramganga Project (Ramganga River) – Uttar Pradesh
- Upper Krishna Pari. (River Krishna) – Karnataka (Almatti Dam)
- Ghataprabha Project (Ghataprabha River) – Karnataka
- Bhima Project (Pavana River) – Maharashtra
- Bhadra Project (Bhadra River) – Karnataka
- Jaikawadi Pari. (Godavari River) – Maharashtra
- Ranjit Sagar Dam Pt. (River Ravi) – Punjab
- Hidkal Project (Ghataprabha River) – Karnataka
- Sutlej Project (Chenab River) – Jammu and Kashmir (KSP)
- Nathpa-Jhakri Pari. (Sutlej River) – Himachal Pradesh
- Panama Project (Panama River) – Gujarat
- Coal Dam Project (Sutlej River) -Himachal Pradesh
- Kangsawati angel. (Kangsawati River) – West Bengal
- Parambikulam Aliyar Project (8 minor rivers) – Tamil Nadu and Kerala
- Cross the chasm (Muchakunda River) – Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
- Girna Project (Girna River) – Maharashtra
- Bansagar Project (Sone River) – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. and the middle
- Narmada Sagar Project (Narmada River) – Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
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