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• Landslides due to mining and subsidence are most River Projects and Their Beneficiary States
common in states like Jharkhand, Orissa, Beneficiary
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra River Purpose States
Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Kerala. Punjab,Himachal

Sutlej Power and irrigation Pradesh, Haryana
Mitigation of landslides:
and Rajasthan
• It is always advisable to adopt area-specific measures Power, irrigation and Jharkhand and
Damodar
to deal with landslides. flood control west Bengal
Mahanadi Power and irrigation Odisha
• Restriction on the construction and other
Tungabhadr Andra Pradesh
developmental activities such as roads and dams, Power and irrigation
a and Karnataka
limiting agriculture to valleys and areas with
Andhra Pradesh
moderate slopes, and control on the development of Krishna Power and irrigation
and Telangana
large settlements in the high vulnerability zones,
Bihar, Uttar
should be enforced. This should be supplemented by Pradesh,
some positive actions like promoting large-scale Gandak Power and irrigation Nepal(joint
afforestation programmes and construction of bunds venture of India

to reduce the flow of water. and Nepal)
• Terrace farming should be encouraged in the north- Flood control, Power
Kosi Bihar
eastern hill states where Jhumming (Slash and and irrigation
Burn/Shifting Cultivation) is still prevalent. Power and irrigation,
avoid accumulation
Inland Waterway: Ganga of slit to improve West Bengal

Allahabad-Haldia stretch of navigation
Inland Waterway1 Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river
Rajasthan,
system
Haryana
Beas Power and irrigation
Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Punjab and
Inland Waterway 2
theBrahmaputra River (Assam)
Himachal Pradesh
Sutlej, Rajasthan, Punjab
Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the Beas,andrav Irrigation and Haryana
West Coast Canal, Champakara i
Inland Waterway 3
Canal and Udyogmandal Canal Madhya Pradesh
Chambal Power and irrigation
(Kerala) and Rajasthan
Tapti Irrigation Gujarat
Kakinada-Pondicherry along Tapti Power and irrigation Gujarat
Inland Waterway 4 Godavari and Krishna River Tawa(Narm
system Irrigation Madhya Pradesh
ada)
Inland Waterway 5 TalcherParadip (Odisha) Godavari Irrigation Telangana
Malaprabha Irrigation Karnataka
Lakhipur to Bhanga on the River
Inland Waterway 6
Barak (Assam - Proposed)

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