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Hirakund Dam is located in which state?
1. Bihar
2. Orissa
3. Maharashtra
4. Punjab

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Orissa

The correct answer is Orissa.

  • Hirakud Dam is located in Orissa. Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi river about 15 km. Its height is 61m.
  • Sir Hawthorne Lavish founded the Hirakud Dam when he was the Governor of Orissa. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the first batch of the concrete on 12 April 1948.

  • Bihar has 24 dams because of the highest flood level. Chandan Dam is located in Chandan village in Bihar.  The Chandan River flows near the city of Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India.
  • Koyna Dam is situated on Koyna river in Maharashtra which rises in Mahabaleshwar hill station in Sahyadri ranges. Koyna dam construction was started in 1956.  Koyna Hydroelectric Project is the largest completed hydroelectric power plant in India.
  • It is a complex project with four dams including the largest dam on the Koyna river Maharashtra show the name of Koyna hydroelectricity project.
  • Bhakra Nangal Dam is the second tallest Dam and is located on the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. It is the highest straight gravity dam in India with a height of about 226m and it is run across 168.5 km.

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