Answer:   Chambal river (996km long)coveringadrain- age area of 88,000 sq km, is a seasonal river FAMOUS for soil erosion and ravines. Chambal project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh state governments. It aims at judicious UTILIZATION of the water resources of the river for irrigation, power generation, soil conservation and economic devel­opment of the region. The entire project has been COMPLETED in three stages.

The first stage involves the construction of a masonry dam at the border of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, a barrage near KOTA city with right and left bank main CANALS for irrigating large areas in both the states. Here a 514 m long and 62 m high dam has been built across the Chambal river about 8 km downsteam of Chaurasigarh fort.

The reservoir, so constructed, covers a total area of 510 square km with a gross storage capacity of 7,746 m. cu. m. Five generators (four of23,000 kw and one of 27,000 kw. capacity) have been installed at Gandhisagar. The Kota barrage, near Kota city, is 552 m long and 39 m high with a gross storage capacity of 99 m cu m. It is an earthen bund and masonry spillway on the left which raises the water level for feeding the irrigation canals which irrigate about 5.6 lakh hectares of land in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.