Important Irrigation and Power Projects: JPSC/ JSSC/ PSC

Important Irrigation and Power Projects

Project	River/ Location	State	Purpose
Nagarjuna Sagar Multipupose project	River Krishna	Andhra Pradesh	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Lower Sileru project	River Sileru (Godawari)	Andhra Pradesh	Hydroelectricity
Kosi project	River Kosi	Bihar	Flood control Irrigation
Gandak project	River Gandak	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh	Thermal power Hydroelectricity
Korba project	Near Korba coalfields	Chattisgarh	Thermal power
Kakadpada project	River Tapi	Gujarat	Irrigation Atomic power
Dhuvaran power station	Kheda district	Gujarat	Thermal power (oil and gas-based)
Ukai project	River Tapi	Gujarat	Irrigation
Sardar Sarowar project	River Narmada	Gujarat, Rajasthan	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Bhakra-Nangal Multipurpose project	River Sutlej, Bilaspur (HP)	Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Beas project (unit I and II)	River Beas	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan	Hydroelectricity
Damodar valley project	River Damodar	Jharkhand shared with West Bengal	Flood control Hydroelectricity
Mayurakshi project	River Mayurakshi	Jharkhand, West Bengal	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Dul Hasti project	River Chenab	Jammu & Kashmir	Hydroelectricity
Salal project	River Chenab	Jammu & Kashmir	Hydroelectricity
Sabarigiri (Pamba-Kakki) project	River Pamba-Kakki	Kerala	Hydroelectricity
Idukki project	River Periyar Cherutheni Dam	Kerala	Hydroelectricity
Tungabhadra Multipurpose project	River Tungabhadra	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Upper Krishna project	River Krishna	Karnataka	Irrigation
Sharavati project	River Sharavati	Karnatak (near Jog Falls)	Hydroelectricity
Ghataprabha project	River Ghataprabha	Karnataka	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Malaprabha project	River Malaprabha	Karnataka	Irrigation
Pallivasal project	River Mudirapuzha	Kerala	Hydroelectricity
Tawa project	River Tawa (Narmada basin)	Madhya Pradesh	Irrigation
Chambal project	River Chambal	Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Satpura power	Patharkada station, Betul	Madhya Pradesh	Thermal power
Matatila Multipurpose project	River Betwa	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Koyna project	River Koyna	Maharashtra	Hydroelectricity
Koradi power station	Koradi, near Nagpur	Maharashtra	Thermal power
Mahi Bajaj Sagar project	River Mahi	Madhya Pradesh	Irrigation
Loktak project	River Leimtak	Manipur	Hydroelectricity
Hirakund multipurpose project	River Mahanadi	Odisha	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Mahanadi Delta project	River Mahanadi	Odisha	Irrigation
Talcher power station	Near Talcher	Odisha	Thermal power
Ranjit Sagar Dam/Thein Dam project	River Ravi	Punjab	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP), Rajasthan Canal project	River Ravi-Beas and Sutlej	Rajasthan headworks in Punjab	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam	River Chambal	Rajasthan	Hydroelectricity
Suratgarh Super Thermal project	Suratgarh	Rajasthan	Thermal power
Pochampad project	River Godawari	Telangana	Irrigation
Kothagudam project	Singareni coalfields	Telangana	Thermal power
Kundah project	River Kundah	Tamil Nadu	Hydroelectricity
Neyveli power station	Neyveli	Tamil Nadu	Thermal power
Rajiv Bhima Lift Irrigation project	River Krishna	Telangana	Irrigation
Papanasam project	River Thambraparani	Tamil Nadu	Hydroelectricity
Rihand Scheme	River Rihand Sonbhadra (UP)	UP, MP, Bihar, Chattisgarh	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Ban Sagar project	River Sone	UP, MP, Bihar	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Tehri project	River  Bhagirathi (Ganga)	Uttarakhand	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Farakka project	Ganga	West Bengal	Maintenance of Kolkata port
Mettur project	River Cauvery	Tamil Nadu	Hydroelectricity
Jayakwadi project	River Godawari	Maharashtra	Irrigation Hydroelectricity
Sharda Shayak	River Sharda	Uttar Pradesh	Irrigation
Obra Power Station	Obra	Uttar Pradesh	Thermal power
Ramganga Multipurpose project	Chuisot stream (near Kalagarh) Pauri	Uttarakhand	Irrigation Hydrolectricity

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