RAS question
Which dam supplies water to Dungarpur town?
Correct answer: (B) Som-Kamla-Amba.
Dungarpur town receives its water supply from Som-Kamla-Amba Dam.
Explanation
Som-Kamla-Amba is the correct answer. The sanctioned public-importance project of the Public Health Engineering Department, intended to address Dungarpur town's drinking-water shortfall, is based on Som-Kamla-Amba Dam. The transmission main from the dam to Dungarpur town has been laid, while work on the intake well and water-treatment plant is in progress. The drinking-water project for Dungarpur town and 151 villages in the district is based on this dam, which is regarded as a permanent water source. Located on the Som River in Dungarpur, it provides irrigation and drinking water to the region. Therefore, Som-Kamla-Amba is the dam linked to Dungarpur town's water supply.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Mahi Bajaj Sagar is associated with Banswara, not Dungarpur town's water-supply project.
- (C) Kadana is in Gujarat, whereas the question concerns the water source for Dungarpur town in Rajasthan.
- (D) Jakham is associated with Pratapgarh, whereas Dungarpur town's water-supply project is based on Som-Kamla-Amba Dam.
Concept
This question tests Rajasthan's water-resource geography by asking which dams and river projects supply particular towns. Such pairings recur in RAS because they require an understanding of how physical geography connects with public drinking-water and irrigation infrastructure.