Multipurpose Projects in India

Multi-Purpose Projects	River	Place
Salal Project	Chenab	J&K
Dulhasti Project	Chenab	J&K
Nathpa Jhakri Project	Sutlej	HP
Bhakhra Nangal	SutlejReservoir [arr] Govind Sagar	HP [arr] Serves Punjab & Haryana
Tehri Dam Project	Bhagirathi & Bhilangana	Uttarakhand
Kosi Dam Project	Kosi	Nepal [arr] Serves India & Nepal
Damodar Valley	Damodar	West Bengal, Bihar & Jharkhand
Farakka Project	Bhagirathi-Hoogly	WB
Mayurakshi Project	Mayurakshi [arr] tributary of Hughli rises from CNP	WB
Tilaiya Project	Barakar [arr] Part of Damodar valley project	Jharkhand
Chambal Project	Chambal – Dams: Gandhi Sagar (MP), Rana Pratap Sagar (Rawatbhata, Kota) & Jawahar Sagar (Kota)	Rajasthan [arr] Serves MP & Rajasthan
Mahi Project	Mahi (also known as Jamnalal Bajaj Sagar project)	Banswara, Rajasthan
Rihand (Goving Ballabh Pant Sagar)	Rihand River [arr] tributary of Son River Reservoir [arr] Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar	Pipri, Uttar Pradesh
Rajghat Dam Project	Betwa river	JV b/w MP & UP Gov.
Tawa Project	Tawa [arr] a tributary of Narmada	MP
Ukai Project	Tapi	Gujrat
Kakrapara Project	Tapi	Gujrat
Hirakud Dam Project	Mahanadi	Orissa
Machkund Project	Machkund River – a tributary of Godavari river	Orissa & Andhra Pradesh
Poochampad Project	Godavari (also known as Sri Rama Sagar Project)	lifeline of Telangana
Polavaram Project	Godavari	AP
Nagarjuna Sagar Project	Krishna	Andhra Pradesh &Telangana
Koyna Project	Koyna, a tributary of the Krishna River	Maharashtra
Srisailam	Krishna	Andhra Pradesh
Tungabhadra Project	Tungabhadra River – a tributary of the Krishna River	Karnataka – Serves AP & Karnataka
Sharavati Project	Sharavati – westward flowing river	Karnataka
Krishna Raja Sagar Project	Kaveri	Karnataka
Shivasamundram Project	Kaveri (Electricity to Kolar goldmines)	Karnataka
Mettur Project	Kaveri	TN
Idukki Project	Periyar & Cheruthony	Kerala
Umiam Project	Umiam	Shillong (Meghalaya)

Damodar Valley Project

1^st multipurpose river valley project of independent India based on Tennessy project of USA
Consist of following sub projects viz.

Maithon Dam

Panchet Dam

Tilaiya Dam

Kangsabati Dam

Konar Dam

Beas Project

a joint venture of the gov. of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
It consists of two units: (i) Beas-Sutlej Link and (ii) Beas Dam at Pong.

Beas-Sutlej Link [arr] for diverting some water of river Beas into Satluj through two tunnels and an open channel to generate power and to increase the storage capacity of Bhakra reservoir (Gobindsagar)

The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, on the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Rajasthan (Indira Gandhi) Canal Project

Starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state.
An irrigation project to provide irrigation to semi-arid and arid areas of Rajasthan.

Narmada Valley Project

Also known as Indirasagar Dam multipurpose project
Downstream projects are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar and Sardar Sarovar Project

River Interlinking Program India

The National Water Development Agency has already identified 14 links under the Himalayan Component and 16 under the one for Peninsular Rivers with priority to top 5 projects viz.

Ken-Betwa
Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal
Damanganga – Pinjal
Par – Tapi – Narmada
Godavari (Polavaram) – Krishna (Vijayawada)

The Himalayan Interlinking Rivers – 14

River Interlinking Himalaya Rivers

The Peninsular Interlinking Rivers – 16

Objectives of River Interlinking Project

To diminish water scarcity in western and peninsular India
To help in irrigation and storage as a large part of Indian agriculture is rainfall dependent.
To mitigate droughts and floods
To reduce diversity between the water surplus and water scarce parts of India
Will create employment.
Will help in socio – economic development of people.