Question

The joint venture of The Bhakra Nangal project is with which states?
a. Punjab and Haryana only
b. Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan only
c. Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh only
d. Punjab and Himachal Pradesh only

Answer 1

Hint:
The Bhakra Dam is one of the most noteworthy straight gravity dams on the planet. It has been developed on the Satluj at the site of Bhakra gorge close to Rupnagar (Ropar).

Complete solution:
Bhakra Nangal is the biggest, remarkable and the major multipurpose project undertaking named after the two dams Bhakra and Nangal on the Sutlej River. It is a joint endeavour of the states like Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan intended to tackle the valuable water of the Sutlej to serve the concerned states.

There were two dams Bhakra and Nangal, Nangal Hydel Channel and a powerhouse with a consolidated introduced limit of 1,204 megawatts (M.W.). The Electric transmission lines and Bhakra waterway framework for a water system. The dam is 226 metres high and 518 meters in length with its greatest width at the base as 362 meters.

Around 14 million cubic meters of concrete and other structural materials have been utilized for the fulfilment of this task. This material is more than twofold the material used to fabricate the great pyramids of Egypt. The quantity of tiles utilized in the fundamental Bhakra channel is huge to such an extent that if they are masterminded in an orderly fashion, the length of the line so framed will be multiple times the length of the equator.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
The dam has made an enormous repository of water which is 88 km long and 8 km wide with a capacity limit of 986.8 crore cubic meters. This repository is named as Gobindsagar Lake after Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th master of the Sikh people group.