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Importance of rivers to communities.

Fig. No. 3.5: Importance of rivers to the community

According to the chart above, 321 students said that hydro-power
is one of the reasons why the rivers are important to communities.
Hydropower, often known as hydroelectric power, is a renewable

energy source that creates electricity by altering the flow of a river
or other body of water using a dam or diversion construction. The
Koyna Hydropower Project is India’s largest hydroelectric project. It
is a complicated project with four dams, the largest of which is on

the Koyna River in Maharashtra, thus the name Koyna Hydroelectric
Project. 241 students said that agriculture is very important to the
communities and this activity is dependent on rivers around the
farms.

India’s agriculture industry has the world’s second-largest agricultural
land, employing about half of the country’s population. As a result,
farmers become an essential component of the industry in order
to provide us with food. 33 students thought that rivers are also

important for the functioning of the hotel and tourism industry. The
tourist business in India is a substantial economic multiplier, which is

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