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Which of the following is the largest irrigation plant in India?
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- Buckingham Canal
- Indira Gandhi Canal
- Upper Ganges Canal
- Tajewala Canal
Correct Option: B
The Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India and the largest irrigation project in the world. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Firozpur, a few kilometres below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the north-west of Rajasthan. It was previously known as the Rajasthan Canal.