Bhākra-Nāngal project | river project, India | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• irrigation efforts in Punjab
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    In Punjab: Agriculture
    The Bhakra Dam project in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh provides much of Punjab’s supply of irrigation water.
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importance to

• Bilaspur
  • In Bilaspur
    …which was created by the Bhakra Dam (completed in 1962) on the Sutlej, one of the highest dams in the world. The dam generates electricity for much of the region.
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• Rājasthān
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    In Rajasthan: Agriculture
    Rajasthan shares the Bhakra Nangal project with Punjab and Haryana and the Chambal Valley project with Madhya Pradesh; both are used to supply water for irrigation and for drinking purposes.
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