India Facts 8

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ വൈദ്യുത നിലയങ്ങൾ, ആണവ നിലയങ്ങൾ, പാരമ്പര്യേതര ഊർജ്ജ സ്രോതസ്സുകൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• First Hydropower station in India

                   Sivasamudram (Kaveri river)

• Conventional energy sources in India

                   Hydropower, Thermal power, Nuclear power

• Non Conventional energy sources in India

                   Sun, Wind, Tides, Geysers, Biogas

• State which reached top in World bank's Energy Saving ranking

                   Andhra Pradesh

• First dam built as part of Damodar valley project

                   Thilayya Dam (Barakkar river)

• Largest multi purpose project in India

                   Bhakra Nangal (First one Damodar valley in 1948)

• Longest dam in India

                   Hiracud in Mahanadi, Odisha (Highest: Tehri in Bhageerathi, Uttarakhand)

• Project constructed with the model of Tennessee Valley project in USA

                   Damodar Valley

• Stae which started "Lakshya Bhageerathi" project to complete the constructions of pending irrigation projects

                   Chattisgarh

• Largest hydroelectric power generation installation India

                   Tehri dam (7th highest in the world)

• Second highest dam in India

                   Bhakra Nangal, Sutlej (Lake formed by Bhakra dam is Govind Sagar)

• Largest concrete dam in India

                   Sardar Sarovar, Narmada (Inagurated in 2017 September 17 by Narendra Modi)

• Foundation stone for Sardar Sarovar dam was laid out by

                   Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961

• Nagarjunasagar Dam       : Krishna

• Omkareswara Dam          : Narmada

• Baghligar Dam                : Chenab, Jammu Kashmir

• Uri Project                       : Jhelum

• Kakkrappara Dam           : Tapti, Gujarat

• Pochampad Project          : Godavari

• Ranjit Sagar Dam            : Ravi (Also known as Thein Dam)

• Maharana Prathap Dam   : Beas, Himachal Pradesh (Also known as Pong dam)

• Largest and tallest masonary dam in India

                   Nagarjuna Sagar

• Oldest dam in India, Grant dam or Kallanai dam built by

                   Karikala Chola

• Largest irrigation project in India

                   Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan Canal was the oldest name)

• River brings water to Indira Gandhi Canal

                   Sutlej

• Govt of India scheme to meet the irrigation needs of farmers

                   Pradhan Manthri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana

• Proposed gas line project in Varanasi

                   Oorjja Ganga

• Major source of electricity in India

                   Thermal Energy

• India's largest thermal power plant company

                   NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation)

• NTPC established in

                   1975 (Head quarters New Delhi)

• India's first thermal power plant

                   Neyveli thermal power plant (Collaborate with Russia)

• State which produce highest quantity of Thermal power

                   Maharashtra

• Thermal Power plant which produces highest amount of energy in one day

                   Thalchar, Odisha

• Largest thermal power plant being built in India

                   Pathadru Vidyuth Uthpadan Nigam Limited, Jharkhand

• Kakatiya thermal power plant is in

                   Telangana

• State with highest number of nuclear power plants

                   Tamil Nadu

• State which produce highest quantity of Thermal power

                   Maharashtra

• Indian Atomic Energy Commission was established in 

                   10th August 1948 (HJ Bhabha was the first chairman)

• Largest Atomic Reserch center in India

                   Bhabha Atomic Research center (BARC) at Trombay, Maharashtra

• BARC was established in 

                   3rd January 1954 (First director was HJ Bhabha)

• First Atomic reactor in India 

                   Apsara (First Atomic Power station Tharapur, Maharashtra)

• First Fast breeder reactor in India 

                   Kamini at Kalpakkam

• In India who is the controlling agency of Atomic power stations

                   Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (formed in 1987)

• Energy source which comes under Brown Energy

                   Nuclear Reactors

• Indira Gandhi centre for Atomic research is in

                   Kalpakkam 1971

• Country associated with Kudamkulam Project 

                   Russia

• Country associated with Jaithapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra

                   France

• Proposed Kowada Nuclear Project is in

                   Andhra Pradesh

• Largest producer and consumer of nuclear power in India

                   Maharashtra

• Kaiga Atomic station is in

                   Karnataka

• India's first nuclear test explosition took place at

                   Pokhran

• Kakrappara Atomic Station   : Gujarat

• Kalooakkam Atomic Station : Tamilnadu

• Narora Atomic Station          : Uttarpradesh

• Kota Atomic Station             : Rajasthan

• Rawatbhata Atomic Station  : Rajasthan

• Tarapur Atomic Station         : Maharashtra

• India's first nuclear test explosition took place at

                   Pokhran, Rajasthan (1974 May 15. Indira Gandhi was the Prime minister)

• Koodamkulam nuclear power station is located in

                   Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu (Two reactors of 2000 MW capacity)

• Koodamkulam project was signed by

                   Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev on 20th November 1988 (Construction started in 1997)

• Protest against Koodamkulam project was lead by

                   S P Udayakumar

• Fuel used in Koodamkulam project

                   Enriched Uranium (Uranium 235)

• India's largest wind power producer

                   Tamilnadu (Muppandal Perungudi in Tamil Nadu is the largest wind farm in India)

• First commissioned Geo thermal (from hot springs of the Earth) plant in India

                   Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh

• World's first solar airport 

                   Kochi international airport

• World's largest solar power plant is located in

                   Tamil Nadu

• India's largest solar power plant made up of indegenously developed solar cells is located in

                   Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh

• First institute in India which completely work on Solar Power

                   Sri Aurbindo International Center of Education, Puthucheri
                                                                                                               (To be Continued...)