Question

Pick up the incorrect one.

(a) Ottakkal barrage – Cauvery River

(b) Tajewala barrage – Yamuna River

(c) Shah Nehar barrage – Beas River

(d) Grand Anicut – Cauvery River

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Enquiry is from Important Barrages in India topic in section Seepage Theories and Weirs and Barrages Design of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) Ottakkal barrage – Cauvery River

The explanation is: This is a pick-up weir located at Ottakkal in Kerala state on Kallada River. The design flood discharge is 2830 cumecs. It is one of the major points of Kallada irrigation project constructed in order to increase the water level in order to make the river more navigable.