Correct Option: C

The 4.5-megawatt hydroelectric power station near Sivasamudram falls of the Cauvery in Karnataka was the first major power station in India. Owned by a few British companies, it was set up by General Electric of the US. It was commissioned in 1902. The first small hydropower plant, a 130-kilowatt plant, started functioning in 1897 at Darjeeling.