Tilaiya
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The correct answer is (b). Pong Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Beas River in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is the second largest dam in India after the Bhakra Dam. The dam was constructed between 1961 and 1975 and was commissioned in 1975. It is a multipurpose dam, used for irrigation, power generation, flood control, and water supply. The dam has a height of 138 meters and a length of 305 meters. It has a storage capacity of 3.5 billion cubic meters. The dam has a power generation capacity of 1,000 MW.
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- Tilaiya Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Barakar River in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, India. It is the third largest dam in India after the Bhakra Dam and the Pong Dam. The dam was constructed between 1953 and 1963 and was commissioned in 1963. It is a multipurpose dam, used for irrigation, power generation, flood control, and water supply. The dam has a height of 103 meters and a length of 575 meters. It has a storage capacity of 1.6 billion cubic meters. The dam has a power generation capacity of 600 MW.
- Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest dam in India and the fifth largest dam in the world. The dam was constructed between 1953 and 1963 and was commissioned in 1963. It is a multipurpose dam, used for irrigation, power generation, flood control, and water supply. The dam has a height of 225 meters and a length of 518 meters. It has a storage capacity of 9.3 billion cubic meters. The dam has a power generation capacity of 1,300 MW.
- Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Son River in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the second largest dam in Uttar Pradesh after the Tehri Dam. The dam was constructed between 1954 and 1962 and was commissioned in 1962. It is a multipurpose dam, used for irrigation, power generation, flood control, and water supply. The dam has a height of 93 meters and a length of 640 meters. It has a storage capacity of 1.2 billion cubic meters. The dam has a power generation capacity of 1,000 MW.