Question

State the advantages of constructing dams across the rivers.

Answer 1

Following are the advantages of constructing dams across the rivers:

• They can store excess water, thereby preventing floods.
• Water from the dams can be used for the irrigation of crops via a network of canals.
• After a suitable treatment, people of towns and cities get dam water through pipelines, for usage.
• Water falling from the dams is used to generate electricity in hydropower plants.