3.

3 Some of the Major Irrigation Projects

Since independence, India has developed several major irrigation
projects. Some of the major irrigation projects are listed in Table 3.1
and also shown in Fig. 3.1.
Table 3.1. Major irrigation projects of India

Year of
Name River State CCA, ha
completion

Bhakra Punjab and

Nangal Sutlej Himachal 40,00,000 1963
Project Pradesh

Punjab,
Haryana
Beas Project Beas River 21,00,000 1974
and
Rajasthan

Indira Harike
Gandhi (Satlej and Punjab 5, 28,000 1965
Canal Beas)

Koshi Bihar and

Kosi River 8.48,000 1954
Project Nepal

Hirakund
Mahanadi Orisa 10,00,000 1957
Project

Tungabhadra Tungbhadra AP-

5,74,000 1953
project -Krishna Karnataka
Nagarjuna
Sagar Krishna AP 13,13,000 1960
Project

Rajasthan
Chambal
Chambal and Madhya 5,15,000 1960
Project
Pradesh

Damodar Jharkhand,
valley Damodar West 8,23,700 1948
project Bengal

Gandak
Gandak Bihar-UP 16,51,700 1970
project

Kakrapar
Tapti Gujarat 1,51,180 1954
project

Koyna Koyna-
Maharashtra 1964
Project krishna

Malprabha
Malprabha Karnataka 2,18,191 1972
project

Mayurakshi West
Mayurakshi 2,40,000 1956
Project Bengal

Kangsabati
Kangsabati West
and Kumari 3,48,477 1956
project Bengal
river
Fig. 3.1. Major Irrigation Projects of India.