Question

Who proclaimed dams as the temple of Modern India?
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Subhash Chander Bose

Answer 1

Hint: The reasons why dams are considered to be temples of Modern India are pretty simple, it is because Indians consider water to be god and since dams help to store water safely and also are helpful in many ways, it is proclaimed as temples of India.

Complete answer:
The dam is constructed using various structural elements with help of engineers, it is a barrier that saves and as well as stops the flow of water in the civilization, it controls that amount which needs to flow, which is protection from natural floods.
Hydroelectricity has also been used to make energy in conjunction with dams. A dam would also be used for drip irrigation or for water storage and can be shared evenly between locations. In particular, dams serve the core objective of water retention, while other systems, such as floodgates or levees, are used to monitor or inhibit the flow of water to certain regions of the land.
Temples of modern India was a term created by India's first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru, at the outset of the creation of the Bhakra Nangal Dam to characterize scientific research educational institutions, steel plants, power plants, and dams that were introduced in India after sovereignty to revitalize technological and engineering advancement.

So, option A. Jawahar Lal Nehru is the correct answer.

Note:
The term was coined at the starting of construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam as mentioned, this dam is a concrete gravity dam which is located on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. The dam serves as the Gobind Sagar reservoir.