Ganges Canal
Irrigation canal in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ganges Canal or Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India. The canal is primarily an irrigation canal, although parts of it were also used for navigation, primarily for its construction materials. Separate navigation channels with lock gates were provided on this system for boats to negotiate falls. Originally constructed from 1842 to 1854, for an original head discharge of 6000 ft³/s, the Upper Ganges Canal has since been enlarged gradually for the present head discharge of 10,500 ft³/s (295 m³/s). The system consists of main canal of 272 miles and about 4000 miles long distribution channels. The canal system irrigates nearly 9,000 km² of fertile agricultural land in ten districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Today the canal is the source of agricultural prosperity in much of these states, and the irrigation departments of these states actively maintain the canal against a fee system charged from users.
Ganges canal | |
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Location | Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Kasganj, Firozabad, Mathura, Agra, Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 29°57′23″N 78°10′49″E |
Specifications | |
Length | 437 km (272 miles) |
Lock length | 6,440 km (4,000 miles) |
Lock width | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
Maximum boat beam | 45.7 m (149 ft 11 in) |
Locks | 38 (originally 13) |
Maximum height above sea level | 200.86 m (659.0 ft) |
Minimum height above sea level | 176.17 m (578.0 ft) |
Total rise | 81 |
Status | Operational |
Navigation authority | Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
History | |
Modern name | Gang Nahar |
Principal engineer | Engineer Proby Thomas Cautley |
Construction began | 1840 |
Date completed | 8 April 1854 |
Geography | |
Direction | North to South-East |
Start point | Bhimgoda Barrage (originally Bhimgoda Barrage) |
End point | Kanpur (originally Narora) |
Beginning coordinates | 29°57′23″N 78°10′49″E |
Ending coordinates | 29°27′36″N 80°19′48″E |
There are some small hydroelectric plants on the canal capable of generating about 33MW if running at full capacity these are at Nirgajini, Chitaura, Salawa, Bhola, Jani, Jauli and Dasna.[1][2]