Question

The Nagarjuna Sagar project was constructed on the river__
A. Ganga
B. Mahanadi
C. Godavari
D. Krishna

Answer 1

Hint:
Construction of the project was officially inaugurated on 10 December 1955 by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and continued for the next 12 years. Via successful political lobbying and the donation of one hundred million British pounds and fifty-five thousand acres of land, Raja Vasireddy Ramagopala Krishna Maheswara Prasad, popularly known as the late Muktyala Raja, was instrumental in the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.

Complete answer:
The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam that crosses the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar, bordering the district of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh and the district of Nalgonda in Telangana. The dam, built between 1955 and 1967, created a water reservoir with 11,472 billion cubic metres of gross storage capacity. With 26 flood gates that are 42 feet wide and 45 feet tall, the dam is 590 feet tall from its lowest base and 0.99 miles long. It is owned jointly by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was the earliest in a series of major infrastructure projects launched to achieve the Green Revolution in India called modern temples" It is also one of the earliest projects in India for multipurpose irrigation and hydroelectricity. Designed entirely with local know-how under the engineering leadership of Kanuri Lakshmana Rao, it was at that time the tallest masonry dam in the country.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
After the Ganga, Godavari and Brahmaputra, the Krishna River is India's fourth largest river in terms of water inflows and river basin area. This river is nearly 1,288 kilometres long. Krishnaveni is also called the river. It is one of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh's main irrigation sources.