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Cheruthoni Dam is situated on the river Periyar in the State of Kerala. It is 138 mts. tall concrete gravity dam.
(Major irrigation project)
(Beneficiary districts of irrigation projects)
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The Kol Dam Project has been constructed on the River Sutlej. The dam was constructed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
On January 5, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of irrigation and drinking water schemes of the North Koel (Mandal Dam) project at Medininagar in the Palamu district of Jharkhand. The project is located in Palamu and Garhwa districts of Jharkhand. This project is built on the river North Koel (Tributary of the Son river).
All the three are water reservoirs, Aliyar Dam is a charming location surrounded by Annamalai Hills with wonderful natural views. It is located between Pollachi & Valparai. Isapur Dam is an earth fill dam on Penganga river in the state of Maharashtra. OSA Kangsabati Dam is the second-largest earthen dam of India in the state of West Bengal.
Kelo Irrigation Project of Chhattisgarh is included under Prime Minister Irrigation project. It is being implemented in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh on Kelo River a tributary of Mahanadi river.
(Interstate Water Disputes)
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Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal was set up in 2010. Gon, Karnataka and Maharashtra are parties to the tribunal. Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal headed by Justice Bachawat was constituted by the Government in April 1969, Tribunal was tasked to look after the dispute between Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Karnataka over the sharing of the Godavari river water. The Central Government Constituted Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal on 6th Oct. 1969 to adjudicate upon the sharing of Narmada river. The dispute is among four states: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Rajasthan. Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal was constituted in 2018, It is set to adjudicate on water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
States in descending order with respect to number of large dams constructed here- Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajas- than, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. Significantly, bigger dams in the country are built in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat respectively.
How many pairs given about are not correctly matched?
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The raja Laxmagowda Dam (Hidkal Dam) located on the Ghataprabha River in Karnataka. Indira Sagar Dam is located on the Narmada River in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. Maithon Dam is on located Barakar River in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. So only three pairs are not matched.
In 2019, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated Mangdechhu Hydropower Plant in Bhutan; it is one of the major projects under Bhutan's initiative to generate 10,000 MW hydropower by 2020.
