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Major Irrigation Projects canal
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Irrigation Projects.
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Key locations covered (12)
- Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana (IGNP) — Rajasthan
- Upper Ganga Canal System — Uttar Pradesh / Uttarakhand
- Sharda Canal — Uttar Pradesh
- Sirhind Canal — Punjab
- Western Yamuna Canal — Haryana / Delhi
- Eastern Yamuna Canal — Uttar Pradesh
- Nagarjuna Sagar Left & Right Canals — Telangana / Andhra Pradesh
- Tungabhadra Project Canals — Karnataka / Andhra Pradesh
- Sardar Sarovar Canal (Narmada Main Canal) — Gujarat / Rajasthan
- Mettur Canal System — Tamil Nadu
- Hirakud Canal System — Odisha
- Bhakra Main Line Canal — Punjab / Haryana / Rajasthan
Sample questions (12 of 34)
Source river of the Indira Gandhi Canal?
Sutlej-Beas at Harike Barrage (Punjab)
Total length of IGNP main canal?
~445 km (with Rajasthan Feeder)
Districts irrigated by IGNP?
Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur
Original name of IGNP?
Rajasthan Canal — renamed in 1984
Significance of IGNP?
Greened the Thar Desert; world's largest desert canal command
Source point of the Upper Ganga Canal?
Bhimgoda barrage at Haridwar (commissioned 1854)
Engineer associated with the Upper Ganga Canal?
Sir Proby Cautley (built 1854)
Region served by the Upper Ganga Canal?
Doab between Ganga and Yamuna (Western UP)
Crops supported by this canal?
Sugarcane (UP cane belt), wheat, rice
Source river of the Sharda Canal?
Sharda (Mahakali) at Banbasa barrage (Uttarakhand)
Major districts served?
Pilibhit, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Lucknow
Source river of the Sirhind Canal?
Sutlej at Rupar (Ropar)
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Irrigation Projects. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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