INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi Canal (formerly called the Rajasthan Canal), which carries water some 400 miles (640 km) from the Beas and Sutlej rivers in Punjab.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indira Gandhi Canal (originally, Rajasthan Canal) is the longest canal in India. It starts at the Harike Barrage near Harike, a few kilometers downriver from the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in Punjab state, and ends in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the northwest of Rajasthan state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, we can say that Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) carries water from Sutlej and Beas River. Indira Gandhi Canal provides irrigation water to an arid area in Rajasthan starting Ganganagar district to Jaisalmer along the Indo-Pakistan border.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indus River and irrigation efforts The Harike Barrage, at the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej, channels water into the Indira Gandhi Canal, which runs for about 400 miles (640 km) to the southwest to irrigate some 1.5 million acres (607, 000 hectares) of desert in western Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam. The purpose of the dam is water storage for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. Participating state: Punjab, Rajasthan. The Pong Dam is located on the river of Beas, which is associated with the Indira Gandhi Canal.