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UPPCS Indian Geography Gap Sheet: Dams and River Projects.
UPPCS has asked 46 of these. 15 have not been asked yet. Lock the first list, then read the second: it holds what UPPCS has not used yet.
First, the concept
UPPCS asks a dam as a set of three: the dam, its river and its state. Learn them river by river, not state by state.
Many dams have a separate name for their lake: Bhakra → Gobind Sagar, Pong → Maharana Pratap Sagar, Rihand → Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar.
Big multipurpose projects give irrigation, power and flood control together. Tehri is the highest dam; Hirakud is among the longest.
✅ Already asked (46)
Indus system
- Bhakra Nangal · Sutlej, Himachal Pradesh–Punjab; lake: Gobind Sagar
- Nathpa Jhakri · Sutlej, Himachal Pradesh
- Kol Dam · Sutlej, Himachal Pradesh
- Pong · Beas, Himachal Pradesh; lake: Maharana Pratap Sagar
- Thein (Ranjit Sagar) · Ravi, Punjab
- Chamera · Ravi, Himachal Pradesh
- Salal · Chenab, Jammu and Kashmir
- Baglihar · Chenab, Jammu and Kashmir
- Dulhasti · Chenab, Jammu and Kashmir
- Kishanganga · Kishanganga (Neelum), Jammu and Kashmir
- Tulbul · Jhelum, at Wular Lake
Ganga system
- Tehri · Bhagirathi, Uttarakhand; India's highest dam
- Ramganga (Kalagarh) · Ramganga, Uttarakhand
- Rihand · Rihand, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh); lake: Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
- Matatila and Rajghat · Betwa, Uttar Pradesh–Madhya Pradesh
- Gandhi Sagar · Chambal, Madhya Pradesh
- Rana Pratap Sagar · Chambal, Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)
- Jawahar Sagar · Chambal, Rajasthan
- Bansagar · Son, Madhya Pradesh
- Tawa · Tawa (Narmada tributary), Madhya Pradesh
- Farakka Barrage · Ganga, West Bengal; feeds the Hooghly
- Maithon and Panchet · Barakar and Damodar; Damodar Valley Corporation
- Tilaiya and Konar · Barakar and Konar; Damodar Valley Corporation
Narmada, Tapi and Mahi
- Sardar Sarovar · Narmada, Gujarat
- Indira Sagar · Narmada, Madhya Pradesh
- Omkareshwar · Narmada, Madhya Pradesh; floating solar plant
- Bargi · Narmada, near Jabalpur
- Ukai · Tapi, Gujarat
- Kakrapar · Tapi, Gujarat; also an atomic power station
Mahanadi and the east
- Hirakud · Mahanadi, Odisha; one of the longest dams
- Machkund · Machkund, Andhra Pradesh–Odisha
- Upper Indravati · Indravati, Odisha
Godavari and Krishna
- Jayakwadi · Godavari, Maharashtra
- Sriram Sagar (Pochampad) · Godavari, Telangana
- Nagarjuna Sagar · Krishna, Telangana–Andhra Pradesh
- Srisailam · Krishna, Andhra Pradesh–Telangana
- Almatti · Krishna, Karnataka
- Tungabhadra · Tungabhadra, Hospet (Karnataka)
- Koyna · Koyna, Maharashtra; area hit by the 1967 earthquake
Kaveri and the south-west
- Mettur · Kaveri, Tamil Nadu (Stanley Reservoir)
- Kabini · Kabini (Kaveri tributary), Karnataka
- Bhavanisagar · Bhavani, Tamil Nadu
- Idukki · Periyar, Kerala; an arch dam
- Linganamakki · Sharavati, Karnataka
North-East
- Loktak project · Loktak Lake, Manipur
- Teesta projects · Teesta, Sikkim–West Bengal
❌ Not asked yet (15)
Items marked 'asked in other exams' have come in UPSC or other state exams, not yet in UPPCS.
🔒 15 items not asked yet
Indus system: 3 · Narmada, Tapi and Mahi: 4 · Mahanadi and the east: 1 · Godavari and Krishna: 2 · Kaveri and the south-west: 2 · North-East: 3
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⚠️ Gandhi Sagar is in Madhya Pradesh, but Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar are in Rajasthan: all three are on the Chambal. Ukai and Kakrapar are on the Tapi, not the Narmada.
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