Q161
Geography (incl. West Bengal)West Bengal Geography
Mukutmanipur Dam is located across the following river:
- a.Subarnarekha
- b.Dwarkeswar
- c.Barakar
- d.Kangsabati
Answer: (D) Kangsabati
Mukutmanipur Dam in the Khatra subdivision of Bankura stands at the confluence of the Kangsabati (Kasai) and Kumari rivers; built from 1956 as part of the Kangsabati Project, it is one of India's longest earthen dams and irrigates Bankura, Purulia, Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram. The Subarnarekha has the Chandil dam and Galudih barrage (Jharkhand); the Dwarakeswar joins the Silabati near Ghatal to form the Rupnarayan; the Barakar has the DVC's Maithon and Tilaiya dams (Panchet is on the Damodar). In North Bengal, note the Teesta Barrage at Gazoldoba.