SATHEE: Rivers & Dams

Rivers & Dams

River	Dam	State	Purpose/Note
Ganga	Tehri	Uttarakhand	Highest in India (260.5 m)
Sutlej	Bhakra Nangal	Himachal-Punjab	“Temple of Modern India” (Nehru)
Ravi	Ranjit Sagar (Thein)	Punjab	Largest hydro-potential in Punjab
Beas	Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar)	Himachal	Ramsar wetland
Yamuna	Lakhwar Vyasi	Uttarakhand	Under construction
Chambal	Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap, Jawahar Sagar	M.P.-Rajasthan	Chain of 4 dams
Narmada	Sardar Sarovar	Gujarat	2nd largest concrete dam world
Tapti	Ukai	Gujarat	“Jewel of S. Gujarat”
Godavari	Sriram Sagar, Polavaram*	Telangana-AP	Polavaram = National project
Krishna	Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam	Telangana-AP	World’s tallest masonry dam (NS)
Kaveri	Mettur, Krishnaraja Sagar	TN-Karnataka	KRS = “Mysore’s lifeline”
Mahanadi	Hirakud	Odisha	Longest dam in India (25.8 km)
Brahmaputra	Ranganadi, Subansiri (lower)	Arunachal-Assam	Subansiri = biggest under-construction

“B-S-G-H-N” – Bhakra, Sardar, Gandhi, Hirakud, Nagarjuna → top 5 longest/highest
“T-S-R” – Tehri (highest), Sardar (biggest concrete), Rana Pratap (Chambal)
“K-3” – Kaveri, Krishna, Kosi (all start with ‘K’) but Kaveri is Karnataka-TN dispute river
Godavari = “Grand old man” – longest peninsular river

1. Which is the highest dam in India?

Answer: Tehri Dam

2. Hirakud dam is built on which river?

Answer: Mahanadi

3. The Bhakra Nangal dam is on which river?

Answer: Sutlej

4. Which dam is known as the “Temple of Modern India”?

Answer: Bhakra Nangal Dam

5. Polavaram project is on which river?

Answer: Godavari

6. The longest dam in India is?

Answer: Hirakud Dam

7. Nagarjuna Sagar is shared by which two states?

Answer: Telangana & Andhra Pradesh

8. Ukai dam is located in which state?

Answer: Gujarat

9. Which is the oldest dam in India?

Answer: Kallanai (Grand Anicut)

10. Subansiri Lower dam is in which state?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh / Assam border (Arunachal)