MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
INDIAN MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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preserve and maintain navigation
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supply drinking water
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meet the chronic power shortage
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bring additional areas into irrigation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Augmentation of water supply in the Hugli river.
Detailed explanation-2: -Utilizing the present Farakka lock, a vessel can travel upstream or downstream in around two hours or more, but using the new lock, a vessel can travel the distance in only 38 minutes, according to an IWAI estimate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Farakka barrage that India started constructing in 1962, was completed in 1970 at a cost of $208 million.
Detailed explanation-4: -Construction of the Farakka barrage started in 1962, was completed in 1970 at a cost of $208 million. Operations began on 21 April 1975. The barrage is about 2, 304 metres (7, 559 ft) long. The Feeder Canal (Farakka) from the barrage to the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River is about 42 km (26 mi) long.
Detailed explanation-5: -This has effected major changes in plankton dynamics, sharp decline in the fishery of marine and neritic species in the upper estuary, caused a significant increase in catch of Tenualosa ilisha and an over twofold increase in the average annual fish landings from the estuary as a whole.