Kerala Facts 4

കേരളത്തിലെ അണക്കെട്ടുകൾ, ഊർജ്ജ ഉൽപാദനം, വ്യവസായം എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Total no of dams in Kerala

                  18

• Largest reservoir in Kerala

                  Malampuzha Dam (Ingurated in 1955)

• Largest irrigation project in Kerala

                  Kallada, Kollam (Second largest is Thenmala)

• Largest earthern dam in India

                  Banasura Sagar Dam (Second largest in Asia)

• First concrete dam in Kerala

                  Mattuppetty Dam

• Project started by irrigation department to ensure the availability of water in water sources

                  Neerurav

• First dam in Kerala

                  Mullapperiyar Dam (Construction started in 1887 commissioned in 1895)

• Dams in Thiruvananthapuram

                  Aruvikkara, Peppara and Neyyar

• Dams in Idukki

                  Idukki, Mullaperiyar, Malankara, Mattupetty

• Dams in Palakkad

                  Malampuzha, Walayar, Pothundi

• Dams in Thrissur

                  Peechi, Vazhani

• Thenmala Dams is in

                  Kollam

• Kakki Dams is in

                  Pathanamthitta

• Idamalayar Dams is in

                  Ernakulam

• Mullapperiyar dam located in which Taluk

                  Peerumed (Kumili Panchayat)

• Chief architect of Mullapperiyar dam

                  John Pennycuick

• Mullapperiyar lease agreement was signed on

                  29th October 1886 (Renewed in 1970 during C Achutha Menon Ministry)

• Mullapperiyar lease agreement was signed between

                  Travancore Diwan V Ram Iyengar and Madras state secretary JC Hannington

• Mullapperiyar dam was inagurated by

                  Madras governor, Lord Wen lock (During the period of Sree Moolam Thirunal)

• Dam constructed in Tamilnadu to collect the water from Mullapperiyar dam 

                  Vaiga Dam

• Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to study the issues of Mullapperiyar dam

                  Justice AS Anand Committee

• The first arch dam in Asia

                  Idukki Dam (Comprises Idukki, Cheruthoni and Kulamavu dams)

• Capacity of Idukki Dam

                  780 MW

• Tribal leader who spot the location of Idukki dam

                  Kolumban Moopan (Between Kuravan mala and Kurathi mala)

• Prime Minister who commissioned Idukki dam

                  Indira Gandhi (1976)

• Under ground power station of Idukki dam

                  Moolamattom (Largest underground electric power station in India)

• Peechi dam built across the river

                  Manali

• KSEB was established in the year

                  1957

• No of power projects under KSEB

                  30 hydro electric, 2 diesel amd one wind power plants

• Percentage of hydro electricity in total power generated in Kerala

                  69%

• Billing software of KSEB

                  Oruma

• Slogan of KSEB

                  Keralathinte Oorjam (Energy of Kerala)

• First hydro electric project in Kerala

                  Pallivasal (1940 in Muthirapuzha)

• Prime Minister who ingurated UJALA project (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LED's for All)

                  Narendra Modi (1st May 2015)

• Biggest hydro elctric project in Kerala

                  Idukki

• Country associated with the construction of Idukki dam

                  Canada

• District having largest number of dams in Kerala

                  Palakkad

• District having largest number of hydro electric power projects in Kerala

                  Idukki

• Largest and highest gravity dam in Kerala

                  Cheruthoni

• Second largest hydro power station in Kerala

                  Sabarigiri (Pamba and kakki river)

• Second hydro power station in Kerala

                  Chenkulam

• Peringalkooth hydro electric power project is in

                  Chalakkudipuzha

• First hydro electric project of Malabar region

                  Kuttiyadi

• Hydro electric power project which is undertaken by a district panchayat

                  Meenvallam, Palakkad

• Private hydro electric projects in Kerala

                  Maniyar (Pathanamthitta) and Kuthunkal (Palakkad)

• First private hydro electric project in Kerala

                  Maniyar

• Largest private hydro electric project in Kerala

                  Kuthunkal

• Only municipal corporation in Kerala which distribute elctricity

                  Thrissur

• First Grama Panchayat to generate its own electricity

                  Mankulam

• Rain water harvest programme organized by Kerala government

                  Varsha

• First diesel power plant of Kerala

                  Brahmapuram, Kochi (1999)

• Second thermal power plant of Kerala

                  Nallalam diesel power station, Kozhikode

• India's biggest floating solar plant constructed by NTPC is at

                  Kayamkulam (Fuel of Kayamkulam thermal power plant is Naphta)

• Thermal power plant's of Kerala which using Natural gas as fuel

                  Cheemeni (Kasargod) and Vypin (Kochi)

• Capacity of Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle power project, Kayamkulam

                  350 MW

• Kayamkulam power plant was inagurated by

                  AB Vajpayee (1999)

• First completely electrified district in Kerala

                  Palakkad (First electrified city is Thiruvananthapuram)

• Thermal power plants under KSEB

                  Brahmapuram and Nallalam

• Ramakkalmedu power plant is for

                  Wind power (Idukki district producing largest amount of power from Wind)

• First wind energy power project of Kerala

                  Kanjikode wind farm, Palakkad (By KSEB)

• Private sector wind farms in Kerala

                  Ramakkalmedu, Agali and Attapadi

• Agency of Kerala for gathering knowledge about non conventional energy

                  ANERT (Established in 1986)

• First tidal power plant in Kerala

                  Vizhinjam (1991)

• Procurement and marketing of handloom fabrics are undertaken by

                  Hantex and Hanveev (Hantex: handloom weaver's cooperative society)

• Kerala district having more handlooms

                  Kannur (Largest no of handloom societies are in Thiruvananthapuram)

• Headquarters of Hantex is in

                  Thiruvananthapuram

• Two schemes for handloom workers are

                  Thanima (Thiruvananthapuram), Kruthika (Kannur)

• Kerala government project to promote Handloom industry which instruct all govt employees should wear handloom products at least two days per week

                  Keralathanimaykk Kaithari

• National handloom day 

                  August 7 (Declared by Narendra Modi in memory of Swadeshi movement)

• Which year declared as Year of coir

                  2010

• Head quarters of COIRFED

                  Alappuzha (Slogan of Kerala Coir : Golden yarn of God's own country)

• First coir village in Kerala

                  Vayalar

• Largest importer of coir products from India

                  China

• HQ of national coir research and Management Institute

                  Thiruvananthapuram (HQ of Coir research Institute : Kalavoor)

• Self employment scheme for women in Coir Industry

                  Mahila Coir Yojana

• Largest number of Cashew industry units in Kerala

                  Kollam (Largest producer of Cashewnut : Kannur)

• Apex federation of fisheries co-operatives of Kerala

                  MATSYAFED (Nutrifish is the brand product)

• Largest no of fishermen are in

                  Alappuzha (Largest no of Inland fishermen are in Ernakulam)

• First model fishing village in Kerala

                  Kumbalangi

• Programme started by Fisheries department to promote inland fish farming

                  Oru Nellum Oru Meenum

• First Indian state to provide biometric card facility to fishermen

                  Keralam

• Kerala state IT Mission started in the year

                  1999 (Chairman : Chief Minister)

• Infopark is in

                  Kakkanad, Ernakulam (Kollam IT park is in Kundara)

• First and largest IT park in India

                  Technopark (1990)

• Campus network of Kerala Govt

                  SEKWAN

• First Indian state to accept tourism as an Industry

                  Keralam

• Which year in Kerala was celebrated as year of tourism

                  1989 (New slogan of Kerala tourism : Monsoon tourism, Healthy tourism)

• First hydal tourism of Kerala

                  Munnar (Meenmutti in south Kerala)

• Largest no of Industrial units in Kerala

                  Ernakulam (Least number at Wayanad)

• Largest no of Industrial workers in Kerala

                  Kollam

• Largest no of small scale Industrial units in Kerala

                  Ernakulam

• Largest no of Industrial units in public sector

                  Thiruvananthapuram

• Kerala's first Industrial Financial enterprises

                  KFC (Kerala Financial Corporation)

• Organization established for the development of small scale industries in Kerala

                  SIDCO

• Scheme started by Kerala govt to promote and develop industrial sector

                  Make in Kerala (Brand Ambassador : Mammootty)

• New scheme to attract industrial investers to Kerala

                  Emerging Kerala

• Kerala's first sugar mill

                  Pamba Sugar Mill, Niranam

• HQ of India rare earth

                  Aluva (HQ of coconut development corporation : Ernakulam)

• Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) situated in 

                  Kalamasseri (First tyre producing company : Appollo Tyres limited in Perambra)

• International Pepper exchange is situated in

                  Ernakulam (India's first export promoting Industrial park also in Kochi)

• India's first Infotainment park

                  Kinfra film and video park

• India's first rubber park

                  Airapuram (Perumbavoor)

• Kerala state bamboo corporation is in

                  Ankamali
                                                                                (To be Continued...)