The Hirakud Dam is built across which of the following rivers ?
Mahanadi
The Hirakud Dam stands near Sambalpur in Odisha and is one of the longest earthen dams in the world. It was among the first major multipurpose river valley projects of independent India, completed in 1957.
It provides flood control in the delta region, irrigation and hydroelectric power, and impounds the Hirakud reservoir on the river that rises in Chhattisgarh and flows east through Odisha into the Bay of Bengal.
The Kaveri, Godavari and Krishna have other well-known dams such as Mettur, Polavaram and Nagarjuna Sagar respectively, so the Hirakud Dam belongs to the Mahanadi.
Hence, Mahanadi.
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