{"id":351108,"date":"2025-12-02T17:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351108"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:23:05","slug":"major-irrigation-projects-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/major-irrigation-projects-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Irrigation Projects in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News: <\/strong>India has numerous major irrigation projects that are essential for improving agricultural output and effectively managing the nation\u2019s water resources.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Bhakra Dam<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351124\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-351124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Tribune.jpg?resize=465%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Tribune.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Tribune.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Tribune<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Bhakra Dam is a <strong>concrete gravity dam<\/strong> built across the <strong>Sutlej River<\/strong>, near the <strong>Punjab\u2013Himachal Pradesh border.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Operated and maintained by: <\/strong>Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>world\u2019s highest straight gravity dam and <\/strong>also <strong>Asia\u2019s second tallest dam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nangal Dam<\/b> located downstream works in tandem with Bhakra Dam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefitted states:<\/strong> It benefits the states of <strong>Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses:<\/strong> The Bhakra Dam <strong>provides irrigation, generates hydroelectric power, controls floods, supplies drinking water and promotes fisheries and tourism<\/strong> through its <strong>Gobind Sagar reservoir.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Pong Dam<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"287\"><strong data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"122\">Pong Dam <\/strong>is an <strong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"189\">earth-fill embankment dam<\/strong> built on the <strong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"217\">Beas River<\/strong> in the Shivalik foothills of <strong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"284\">Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The reservoir was <strong>created in 1975<\/strong> and named in honour of <strong>Maharana Pratap<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"748\">It was recognized as a <strong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"880\">Ramsar Wetland site in 2002<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Lendi Project and Babhali Barrage<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>The Lendi Project is an <strong>Inter-State Major Irrigation Project<\/strong> jointly undertaken by the States of <strong>Telangana<\/strong> and <strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The project aims to <strong>irrigate a total of 49,000 acres<\/strong>, benefiting both Telangana and Maharashtra.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The <strong>Babhali barrage<\/strong> is a dam being<strong> constructed 83 km from Nanded, Maharastra on the Godavari river.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"176\">About Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351132\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-351132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lendi Project and Babhali Barrage\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C739&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-IE-1.jpg?w=1066&amp;ssl=1 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"453\">The ERCP is a<strong> major multi-purpose water project<\/strong> designed<strong> to provide both drinking water and irrigation water<\/strong> to the eastern and southeastern regions of Rajasthan.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"453\"><strong>River:<\/strong> The main river used for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) is the <strong>Chambal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"1022\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To improve drinking water availability and support irrigation needs in drought-prone areas of eastern Rajasthan.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1139\"><strong>Major Components of the Project:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1338\">The ERCP includes<strong> the construction of a 1,300-kilometre-long canal network<\/strong> that will carry water from the <strong>Chambal River<\/strong> to the targeted districts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has numerous major irrigation projects that are essential for improving agricultural output and effectively managing the nation\u2019s water resources. About Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam built across the Sutlej River, near the Punjab\u2013Himachal Pradesh border. Operated and maintained by: Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) It is the world\u2019s highest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/major-irrigation-projects-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Major Irrigation Projects in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-351108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}