Gandhi Sagar Dam

Why in news?

• Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh is in need of immediate repair, warned a new CAG report.
• It is one of the five water reservoirs of national importance.

More about the news:

• Absence of regular checks, non-functional instruments and choked drains are the major problems plaguing the dam for years, the report said.
• The state dam safety organisation (SDSO), the department responsible for its maintenance, did not comply with recommendations by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Dam Safety Inspection Pane (DSIP) on remedial measures, according to the paper.

About Gandhi Sagar Dam:

• Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on Chambal River.
• The dam is located in Madhya Pradesh. It is a masonry gravity dam.
• It was constructed in 1960 to provide drinking water to several districts of Rajasthan and generate 115 megawatts of electricity
• The reservoir created by the dam is the third largest in India (after the Indirasagar Reservoir and Hirakud Reservoir).
• Gandhi Sagar was put in Category II of the dam inspection report. 
  • Dams with major deficiencies, which may lead to complete failure / partial failure and need attention at once, fall under Category I.
  • Those with minor to medium deficiencies, which are rectifiable but need immediate attention fall under Category II.

Add ons:

• There was also a breach in Ledi dam — a small reservoir under Gandhi Sagar in Mandsaur in 2018 — because of a lack of pre- and post-monsoon inspections from 2016 to 2018.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Consider the following pairs:

Dams                   : River

1. Gandhisagar  : Chambal

2. Indira Sagar   : Narmada

3. Hirakud           : Beas

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3

                      B

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