Question

Tawa dam building was completed in
a. 1988
b. 1998
c. 1968
d. 1978

Answer 1

Hint: Tawa dam is located at Itarsi, Hoshangabad District situated in Madhya Pradesh, India. Tawa dam was built on the river Tawa. The dam is made in such a way that above the dam, it makes a reservoir. The construction of the Tawa dam started in 1956.

Complete answer:
Tawa dam is built on the Tawa River in Madhya Pradesh. This dam provides irrigation to many thousand hectares. It provides water to many farming lands in the Hoshangabad district and the Harda district. It is also a quite huge tourist spot during the monsoon season. In the reservoir, the cruise boat service also has been started for the visitors by the tourism department. The dam was made by the late Shri Vinay Kumar Diwan who is also known as Denva Ke Gandhi.

Tawa reservoir covers the boundary of the western side of Saputara National Park and Bori Wildlife Sanctuary. This dam has a small hydropower plant which was set up on the left side to utilize stored water in the reservoir for irrigation purposes. This hydroelectric generation power plant comes under the private sector. It has two units. Generated power from the hydropower plant is being sent to the HEG plant mandideep via the MPPTCL Power line.

The construction of the Tawa dam started in 1956 and was opened to the public in 1974. The complete construction was completed in 1978.

Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

Note: The machinery and equipment this dam owns are vertical shaft Kaplan turbines and auxiliaries, semi umbrella synchronous generator and auxiliaries, vacuum circuit breakers, auxiliaries transformers, fire protection systems, and 110 DC with battery backup.