Question

Which dam of India has the reservoir named ‘Gobind Sagar Lake’?
1. Sardar Sarovar Dam
2. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
3. Bhakra Nangal Dam
4. Hirakud dam

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bhakra Nangal Dam

The Correct Answer is "Bhakra Nangal Dam".

• Gobind Sagar Lake is a Reservoir located in the Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
• The Reservoirs is on the River Sutlej and is known in honor of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh guru. One of the world's maximum gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises almost 225.5 m above its lowest foundations.
• Under the supervision of the American dam-builder, Harvey Slocum, paintings started out in the yr of 1955 and turned into finished in 1962.
• To keep the extent of water, the glide of river Beas turned into channelized to Gobind Sagar with the aid of using the Beas-Sutlej hyperlink which turned into carried out in 1976. 

 

• The reservoir lies withinside the Bilaspur District and Una District. Bilaspur is ready ninety-one km far from the Bhakra Dam.
• Its call changed into given through the Former Chairman of PSEB SardarJi Harbans Singh Somal, in honor of tenth Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
• Gobind Sagar changed into declared as a waterfowl safe haven in 1962.