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Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow of Bengal [2] because of the ravaging floods it caused in the plains of West Bengal.
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The Damodar River Valley Project on the Damodar river and its principal tributary, the Konar river, is located in eastern India.The four main multipurpose dams located at Tilaiya, Konar, Maithon and Panchet were commissioned during 1953–1959.
English: WMP Ministry/August.49,A45aDamodar Valley Project (West Bengal and Bihar) is one of the most important shemes which are being executed by the Central Waterpower, Irrigation and Navigation Commission – India’s National agency, for the multipurpose utilization of water resources.The Anderson Weir on Damodar river in Burdwan District, West Bengal.
DVC is the first-ever multipurpose river valley project of independent India it came into being on July 7, 1948, by an act of Constituent Assembly (Act no. XIV of 1948). The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has its command area of approx 24,235 km 2 spreading across the Damodar basin. The upper valley consists of two entire districts (Dhanbad ...