Question

Which of the following best the Hirakud reservoir?

(a) The purpose is Recreation and fishery

(b) Reservoir for irrigation and water supply

(c) Reservoir for flood control, power, and irrigation

(d) Reservoir for irrigation and power

The question was asked in quiz.

The origin of the question is Important Barrages in India topic in section Seepage Theories and Weirs and Barrages Design of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Reservoir for flood control, power, and irrigation

To explain I would say: It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects and is built across the Mahanadi River in Orissa. The dam was constructed to regulate the flow of the river and produce hydroelectricity through several plants. It irrigates almost 75,000 km^2 of land.