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Who described dams as ‘pilgrim centres of development’ ?

Who described dams as ‘pilgrim centres of development’ ? Correct Answer Jawaharlal Nehru

The original thought behind building dams to harness the power of rivers was the promise of clean, pollution-free, hydropower that would bring electricity to many districts in India. Jawaharlal Nehru himself, who famously called dams ‘temples of modern India’ in 1954 while inaugurating the Bhakra Nangal.

Important Points

  • The Bhakra-Nangal Dam is the second tallest dam in Asia and located in the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. It is the highest straight gravity dam in India with a height of about 207.26 meters and it runs across 168.35 km.
  • It is one of the earliest river valley development schemes undertaken after the independence of India.
  • The construction of the multipurpose dam was initially started in 1984, however, completed in 1963, and it was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • The Bhakra dam is built on the Sutlej River. The Tehri dam is also situated in India in the state of Uttrakhand.
  • The Gobind Sagar reservoir of the dam has a capacity to store water up to 9.34 billion cubic meters, which is enough amount of water to flood the whole of Chandigarh, parts of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.

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