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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who inaugurates 60-Megawatt Tuirial Hydro power Project in Aizawl, Mizoram?
A
Shri Narendra Modi
B
Shri Suresh menon
C
Shri Ramesh Kumar
D
Shri Rajesh Kumar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tuirial Hydro Power Station is medium head storage scheme to harness the hydro power of Tuirial River and located at Saipum, Kolasib District of Mizoram. The installed capacity of the Station is 60 MW with a catchment area of 1861 Sq.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first hydroelectric power plant in India was installed in Darjeeling, West Bengal. A project with a capacity of 130 kW installed at Sidrapong (Darjeeling) in the year 1897. This hydroelectric power plant was also the first hydroelectric power plant in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first hydroelectric power station with 2 × 65 kW capacity was commissioned on 10 November 1897 by Sir C. C. Stevens, the Acting Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s first hydroelectric project was used to power a single lamp in the Cragside country house in Northumberland, England, in 1878.

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