RAS question
Consider the following statements regarding the Ramjal Setu Link Project of Rajasthan: 1. The Ramjal Setu Link is the rebranded name of the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project ERCP. 2. The feeder channel of the Ramjal Setu Link passes through the Isarda, Galwa and Bandh Baretha dams. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct answer: (D) Both 1 and 2.
The Ramjal Setu Link Project is the rebranded Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project, and its feeder channel passes through Isarda, Galwa and Bandh Baretha dams.
Explanation
Both statements are correct. The Ramjal Setu Link Project is the rebranded Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project, planned to use surplus monsoon water for drinking water and irrigation across 21 districts. The Devdiscourse/PTI report supports the route-specific part: after Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma's aerial survey of Isarda Dam, officials said the feeder channel of the Ramjal Setu Link Project passes through major dams, including Isarda, Galwa and Bandh Baretha. The issue is therefore two linked facts: the scheme's renamed identity and the named dam alignment of its feeder channel.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Option A accepts only the rebranding statement, but it wrongly leaves out the feeder-channel statement, which is also correct.
- (B) Option B accepts only the feeder-channel statement, but it wrongly rejects the statement that Ramjal Setu Link is the rebranded ERCP.
- (C) Option C is wrong because both the renamed-project identity and the feeder-channel route through Isarda, Galwa and Bandh Baretha are supported.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan water-resource planning, especially major inter-basin and canal-link projects. Such projects recur in RAS because they connect geography with irrigation, drinking-water security and current Rajasthan government schemes.