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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

India’s first-ever geothermal power project will be implemented by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in which state?

A	Himachal Pradesh
B	West Bengal
C	Jammu and Kashmir
D	Ladakh

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Ladakh is all set to get India’s firstgeothermal power project soon to tap the potential of natural geysers dottingthe Puga area, 170 km east of Leh and in Changthang plains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Published: Friday 31 August 2001. india’s first geothermal minor hydel power plant tapping energy from natural hot water springs would be soon installed in Tatapani village of Chattisgarh.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, geothermal plants are located in Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh and Puga Valley in Ladakh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal power plant at the Larderello dry steam field in Tuscany, Italy.

Detailed explanation-5: -State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to implement India’s maiden geothermal field development project in Ladakh.

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