Question

Panchet dam is on which river?
1. Damodar River
2. Kansabati River
3. Teesta River
4. Subarnarekha River

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Damodar River

The correct answer is Damodar River.

• Panchet dam is located on Damodar river.
• The source of the Damodar river is Chota Nagpur Plateau and the mouth is Hooghly River, Rupnarayan River.
• The Damodar Valley is one of the most industrialized parts of India.
• Three integrated steel plants (Bokaro, Burnpur, and Durgapur) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and other factories are in the valley.
• The valley is called “the Ruhr of India”.
• Several dams have been constructed in the valley, for the generation of hydroelectric power.:
  • Tilaiya dam across the  Barakar river.
  • Konar dam across the Konar River, another tributary of the Damodar river at Konar.
  • Maithon dam across the rivers Barakar and Damodar.
  • Panchet Hill dam  across the Damodar River at Panchet in Dhanbad.

RIVER	SOURCE	MOUTH	DAM
Kansabati	Chota Nagpur plateau	Bay of Bengal	Mukutmanipur Dam
Teesta	Pauhunri, Zemu Glacier, Sikkim	Brahmaputra river, Bangladesh	Teesta -V
Subarnarekha	Piska Nagri near Ranchi, Chota Nagpur Plateau	Bay of Bengal	Getalsud dam, Galudih Barrage