With reference to Bansagar Project, which one of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) The project has been named after Banabhatta, the renowned Sanskrit scholar of the 7th century AD.
(b) The project provides irrigation facilities to Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and some parts of Jharkhand.
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The correct answer is (A) only (a).

• Statement (a) is correct: The Bansagar Project across the Son River at Deolond (Shahdol district) is named after the celebrated 7th-century Sanskrit poet and court scholar Banabhatta, author of Harshacharita and Kadambari.
• Statement (b) is incorrect: Bansagar is a joint interstate multipurpose river valley project between Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar (sharing costs and benefits in a 2:1:1 ratio). Jharkhand is not a participating beneficiary state of this irrigation network.