In which of the following irrigation projects do four states have partnership?

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Correct — D, Sardar Sarovar Project. The Sardar Sarovar Project, the terminal dam on the Narmada river, is a four-state partnership among Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, with benefits (irrigation, drinking water, hydropower) shared across all four under the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal award. The dam itself is located in Gujarat, but MP and Maharashtra also share the generated hydropower, and Rajasthan draws irrigation/drinking-water benefit.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Bansagar, on the Son river, is a three-state partnership — Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar — not four.  (b) An intra-MP irrigation project, not a multi-state partnership of four states.  (c) Rajghat, on the Betwa river, is a two-state (Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh) joint project, not a four-state one.

Concept: The Sardar Sarovar Project is the terminal major dam on the Narmada river, built in Gujarat, but structured as a benefit-sharing partnership among four states — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan — under the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal's award. This four-state structure is what makes it distinct from MP's other inter-state river projects, which typically involve only two or three states.

State PCS 2024 Q60 — Geography PYQ with Answer

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