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Saharanpur. Supplementary Notes and Statistics to Volume II of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

1917

Especially is this the case if the rains fail in August and September when the river is too high to attempt. the renewal of the bunds ; the consequence is that with an abundance of water in the river it is impossible to obtain sufficient supply in the canal to irrigate all the standing kharif crops with the result that there is serious loss of revenue to say nothing of the damage to the crop [...] At this period the volume in the river fluctuates consderably ; the heat of the day melts the snow and increases it whilst the cold of the Right reduces it so the canal gauge continously fluctuates. [...] The advantages of the new site as compared with the original one are— (a) The work is well away from the temporary bunds the proximity of which to the original site (BhimgodChilla) would have impeded the work and restricted the space required for machinery and materials. [...] The work on the afllux builds is practically completed; on the regulator the reinforced concrete platform carrying the winch for working the sluices and the fixing of the gates remain to be done. [...] In connection ith the anti-malarial scheme the upper portion of the Paondhoi Nadi between the Khumran bridge and the Chilkana drain was provided with pakka pavement and the side walls of the above portion as well as of the portion below the Jogian bridge up to the junotion of the Dhamola river were made pakka.
government politics public policy
Pages
71
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-iii unknown view
Alterations and Additions to Part A of the Saharanpur District Gazetteer Bringing it up to Date 1914-15
1-29 unknown view
Gazetteer of Saharanpur. Appendix
i-xxxvii unknown view