Kangsabati Project
The Kangsabati Project, also often referred to as the Kangsabati Irrigation Project and The Kangsabati Reservoir Project, is a project started in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1956 as part of the Indian Second Five-year Plan to provide water to 3,484.77 km² of land in the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Bankura, and Hooghly.[1] It involves irrigation land using water from the Kangsabati River, as well as the Shilaboti and the Bhoirobbanki rivers.
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Kangsavati Reservoir, West Bengal, India
As part of the Project, a 38 m high and 10,098 m long dam was constructed at Khatra. An anicut dam built on the Kangsabati River near Midnapore in 1872 was also added to the operations of the project.[2]
References
- "Irrigation & Waterways Dept - Irrigation Sector - Major Irrigation Projects - Kangasbati". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- Bharatkosh Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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