Question

The first dam built on the river Godavari is at
A) Jayakwadi
B) Gangapur
C) Sri Ram Sagar
D) Dhavaleswaram

Answer 1

Hint:
-The first dam on the Godavari is in Nasik, Maharashtra.
-It is one of the longest earthen reservoir dams.
-It gets its name from a district located in the Aurangabad municipality.

Complete answer:
Now let us look into the given option
Option A. The establishment of the Jayakwadi dam was laid by the then Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri on 18 October 1965. The dam was initiated on 24 February 1976 by Indira Gandhi.

Option B. The first dam based on the river Godavari is at Gangapur. It is situated in the Nasik region of Maharashtra. The length of the dam is 3,902m and its stature is 36.59m. The dam opened in 1965. The all-out surface territory of the dam is 22,860 sq km. The water system is one of the important motivations behind the dam.

Option C. Sri Ram Sagar dam is on the banks of Godavari. It is the lifeline of Telangana. It was made operational in 1977.

Option D. The Dowleswaram/Dowleswaram Barrage construction had started in 1850 on the lower stretch of the Godavari River. It was modified in 1970 when it was formally renamed the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage/Godavari Barrage.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: The Godavari starts in the Western Ghats of India close to Nashik in Maharashtra, 80 km (50 mi) from the Arabian Sea. It streams for 1,465 km (910 mi), first eastwards over the Deccan Plateau at that point turns southeast, entering the West Godavari area and East Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh, until it parts into two distributaries that extend into a huge waterway delta at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in Rajamahendravaram and stream into the Bay of Bengal.