Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of North Koel (Mangal Dam) Project in which of the following state?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) West Bengal
(c) Karnataka
(d) Odisha
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 5 January 2019,Prime Minister Narendra Modi h laid the foundation stone for the Mandal Dam Project on the North Koel River. The Mandal Dam Project would be project of states of Bihar and Jharkhand.
- He laid the Foundation Stone for the revival of North Koel (Mandal Dam) project (incomplete since 47 years), Kanhar Sone Pipeline Irrigation Scheme, and strengthening of various irrigation systems and lining works. The cumulatively worth of these projects is over 3500 crore.
- The Mandal Dam project will help around one lakh 11 thousand hectares of agricultural land in Jharkhand and Bihar to get irrigation facilities and 24 MW of electricity will be produced.
- At the event, he notified that 99 big irrigation projects, which have been stalled for decades, are now being fast tracked, at a cost of almost 90,000 crore rupees.
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