UPPCS 2023 GS-VI · 8 marks · 125 words
Assess the significance of the Kanhar and Bansagar projects for irrigation in the Vindhya region of Uttar Pradesh.
उत्तर प्रदेश के विंध्य क्षेत्र में सिंचाई हेतु कन्हार एवं बाणसागर परियोजनाओं के महत्व का आकलन कीजिए।
What “Assess” demands
weigh the significance or extent of something and state how much it matters, with justification.
The characteristic failure: asserting importance without establishing degree.
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- Bansagar (Sone river, MP-UP-Bihar tripartite; UP share irrigates Mirzapur-Prayagraj belt; completed 2018)
- Kanhar irrigation project (Sonbhadra) — decades-delayed, revived; canal command in the state's tribal south
- Vindhya context: rocky aquifers, historic hand-pump failure; Har Ghar Nal scheme launched for Vindhya-Bundelkhand first
- Assessment: command-area development and canal-tail delivery lag headline storage numbers
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