Damodar Valley Corporation
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Damodar Valley Corporation is a government-owned power and irrigation utility in eastern India responsible for multi-purpose development of the Damodar River basin, including electricity generation, flood control, and water management.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damodar Valley Corporation canonical | 17 |
| Damodar Valley Corporation (as flood control response) | 1 |
| Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 | 1 |
| Damodar Valley Corporation projects | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10149049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damodar Valley Corporation Context triple: [Damodar River, managedBy, Damodar Valley Corporation]
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A.
Bhakra Beas Management Board
The Bhakra Beas Management Board is an Indian governmental organization responsible for managing and operating major multipurpose dam and irrigation projects on the Sutlej and Beas rivers in northern India.
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B.
Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation
Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation is a power generation company responsible for developing and operating major hydroelectric projects on the Narmada River in India.
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C.
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited is a government-owned corporation of the state of Gujarat responsible for implementing and operating the Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River, including its large-scale irrigation and water supply systems.
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D.
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited is an Indian public sector hydropower company that develops, operates, and maintains large hydroelectric projects, primarily in the Satluj River basin.
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E.
Central Water Commission of India
The Central Water Commission of India is a premier technical organization under the Government of India responsible for the planning, development, and management of the country’s water resources, particularly in the fields of irrigation, flood control, and hydropower.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damodar Valley Corporation Target entity description: Damodar Valley Corporation is a government-owned power and irrigation utility in eastern India responsible for multi-purpose development of the Damodar River basin, including electricity generation, flood control, and water management.
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A.
Bhakra Beas Management Board
The Bhakra Beas Management Board is an Indian governmental organization responsible for managing and operating major multipurpose dam and irrigation projects on the Sutlej and Beas rivers in northern India.
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B.
Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation
Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation is a power generation company responsible for developing and operating major hydroelectric projects on the Narmada River in India.
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C.
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited is a government-owned corporation of the state of Gujarat responsible for implementing and operating the Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River, including its large-scale irrigation and water supply systems.
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D.
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited is an Indian public sector hydropower company that develops, operates, and maintains large hydroelectric projects, primarily in the Satluj River basin.
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E.
Central Water Commission of India
The Central Water Commission of India is a premier technical organization under the Government of India responsible for the planning, development, and management of the country’s water resources, particularly in the fields of irrigation, flood control, and hydropower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government-owned corporation
ⓘ
irrigation utility ⓘ power utility ⓘ statutory corporation ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1948 ⓘ |
| founder |
Government of Bihar (predecessor of Jharkhand)
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Bihar
Government of India ⓘ Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Eastern Regional Grid of India ⓘ |
| hasBarrage | Durgapur Barrage ⓘ |
| hasDam |
Konar Dam
ⓘ
Maithon Dam ⓘ Panchet Dam ⓘ Tilaiya Dam ⓘ |
| hasHydroPowerPlant |
Maithon Hydel Station
ⓘ
Panchet Hydel Station ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant |
Bokaro Thermal Power Station
ⓘ
Chandrapura Thermal Power Station ⓘ Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station ⓘ
linked to:
Durgapur thermal power station
Mejia Thermal Power Station ⓘ Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Kolkata
ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
|
| industry |
electric power industry
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948
ⓘ
linked to:
Damodar Valley Corporation
|
| locatedInRiverBasin |
Damodar River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Damodar Valley region
|
| mainRiver | Damodar River ⓘ |
| mandate | multi-purpose development of Damodar Valley ⓘ |
| modeledAfter | Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| operatesAssetType |
barrage
ⓘ
dam ⓘ hydroelectric power plant ⓘ substation ⓘ thermal power plant ⓘ transmission line ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion | eastern India ⓘ |
| providesService |
bulk power supply to state utilities
ⓘ
flood moderation ⓘ irrigation water supply ⓘ |
| purpose |
electricity generation
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation development ⓘ promotion of public health ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| regulates | Damodar River flow ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| stateOwner |
Government of India
ⓘ
Government of Jharkhand ⓘ Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| website | https://www.dvc.gov.in ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Damodar Valley Corporation Description of subject: Damodar Valley Corporation is a government-owned power and irrigation utility in eastern India responsible for multi-purpose development of the Damodar River basin, including electricity generation, flood control, and water management.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Damodar Valley Corporation