UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Indian and World Geography
← India: drainage and water resourcesWater resources, irrigation and multipurpose projects
- India's water resources: surface and groundwater potential, sectoral use (irrigation dominant), thermal power as the largest industrial user
- Irrigation supply sources
- Multipurpose projects and reservoirs by river and state: Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud, Damodar valley (Maithon, Panchet), Nagarjuna Sagar, Gandhi Sagar, Indira Sagar, Sardar Sarovar, Tehri, Tungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Aliyar, Isapur, Kangsabati
- Command Area Development Programme (1974-75) and Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (1996-97)
- Groundwater depletion and quality
- Watershed and rainwater harvesting
- River pollution: untreated municipal sewage, industrial effluents and activities on channels and floodplains
