Question

Rihand valley project is located in the state of_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Jharkhand
C. Odisha
D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer 1

Hint: It is also known as Govind Ballabh Sagar, it is the largest dam of India by volume. It is India’s largest artificial lake. This project was completed in 1996 with a total amount of 375 rupees.

Complete answer:
- Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam in Uttar Pradesh, India, located at Pipri in SonBhadra District. It is a tributary of the Son River and flows through the Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh states of India. Renu, or Renuka, was his old name.
- Govind pallab Sant Nagar is the reservoir impounded from behind the dam. At the inauguration of the Rihand Dam in Singrauli, Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, vowed to turn the area into India's Switzerland.
- This is Uttar Pradesh's most significant multipurpose project by far. It consists of a 934 m long and 92 m high concrete dam with straight gravity. It stretches over a 466 sq km area and is India's largest man-made reservoir. It is capable of holding 11.4 lakh hectares of water. Another dam at Obra was built about 25 km north of the Rihand Dam. There are 6 units with 5 M.W each in the powerhouse near the Rihand dam. Capacities. About 1964.

Therefore the answer is A.

Note:
In 1966, the Rihand project was completed. This is Uttar Pradesh's most significant multipurpose project by far. The Rihand Valley Project's hydroelectric power goes a long way in helping to harness these natural resources and usher in a new period of economic growth.