The Shahpur Kandi national project aims to utilize the water of which among the following rivers ........

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The Shahpur Kandi national project aims to utilize the water of which among the following rivers

Ravi

Sutlej

Beas

Chenab

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Explanation:

Shahpur Kandi national project is coming up in Kathua district along the border between Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, as per the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty.

The project aims to utilise the full water of the Ravi river in the Indian territory.

The Indus WaterTreaty gives control over the waters of the three "eastern rivers"- the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej with a mean annual flow of 33 million acre-feet (MAF) to India.

Control over the waters of the three "western rivers" - the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum with a mean annual flow of 80 MAF has been given to Pakistan