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Detailed explanation-1: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Mohanpura Irrigation Project in Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. The Rs 3, 866-crore project includes a dam and a canal system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mohanpura Irrigation Project is the first such project in the country that will irrigate fields with pressure. This is the first long pipeline in the country, under this project costing 3800 crores, the underground canal with the longest pressure pipe will irrigate 1 lakh 35 thousand hectares of land.

Detailed explanation-3: -The highest irrigated region of Madhya Pradesh is Chambal River Valley region, Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. The least irrigated region of Madhya Pradesh is Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Baghelkhand and Dindori Mandla region.

Detailed explanation-4: -The length of Patanpur, Mohanpura and Kundaliya dams is 3997 m, 1900 m and 3500 m respectively with maximum height of 19.62 m, 24.50 m & 45 m respectively. The spillways length at Patanpur, Mohanpura & Kundaliya dam are 197 m, 176 m & 228.50 m and are provided with 19, 17 & 22 nos.