Definition
Multi-purpose Projects are dams build for multiple purpose such as: irrigation, power generation, fish breeding, etc.
Advantages
Jawaharlal Nehru called dams the ‘temples of modern India’.
- Help to control flood
- Check soil erosion
- Provide water for irrigation and drinking purpose
- Generate electricity for industries, villages, cities
- Provide inland navigation
- Help in preservation of wildlife and development or fisheries.
Disadvantages
- Mass displacement of local communities
- Poor sediment flow and affecting of natural flow of stream
- Habitat loss for aquatic life.
- Submerges existing vegetation and leads to soil decomposition
Important movements: Narmada Bachao (Sardar Sarovar), Tehri Bachao, etc.
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What are the advantages of Multi Purpose Projects? ?
- Help to control flood
- Check soil erosion
- Provide water for irrigation and drinking purpose
- Generate electricity for industries, villages, cities
- Provide inland navigation
- Help in preservation of wildlife and development or fisheries.
What are the disadvantages of Multi Purpose Projects? ?
- Mass displacement of local communities
- Poor sediment flow and affects the natural flow of stream
- Habitat loss for aquatic life.
- Submerges existing vegetation and leads to soil decomposition
- Increased salinity of soil.