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Who conceived the idea of the Indira Gandhi Canal Project?
1. Mohanlal Sukhadia
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Jainarayan Vyas
4. Kanwar Sain

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : Kanwar Sain

The correct answer is Kanwar Sain.

  • The idea of Indira Gandhi Canal was conceived by a hydraulic engineer, Kanwar Sain.
  • He proposed that desert land in Bikaner and the Jaisalmer could be brought under irrigation.
  • In 1960, the Indus Water Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan.
  • India gets right to use waters of three rivers –the Satluj, Beas and Ravi.
  • The proposed Rajasthan Canal envisaged use of 7.6 million acre-feet of water.

  • The Indira Gandhi Canal is also called the Rajasthan Canal.
    • It is the longest canal in India.
    • It starts from the Harike Barrage at Harike, near the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in Punjab and terminates its irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.
    • The Rajasthan Canal was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal on 2nd November 1984 after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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