January 7 , 2019
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 	- The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone for the Mandal Dam Project on the North Koel River.
 
 	- The construction of the Mandal Dam began in 1972 and continued till 1993.
 
 	- Later it was stalled over the concerns raised by the Bihar Forest Department.
 
 	- The project threatens to submerge the portions of the Palamau Tiger Reserve and Betla National Park.
 
 	- The North Koel River rises on the Ranchi Plateau in Jharkhand.
 
 	- It is a tributary of River Sone that joins the river Ganga in Bihar.
 
                                 
                            
                                
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