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Government of Bengal Irrigation Department: Report of the Irrigation Department Committee 1930

1930

3. Under the terms of reference defined in the resolution appointing the Committee we were directed (I) To discuss the work at present undetaken by the Irrigation Department in Bengal in respect of irrigation the maintenance of waterways the resuscitation of rivers the control of floods and the drainage of watelogged areas. [...] (II) To make recommendations as to the desirability of the creation of a separate deparment to deal with the waterways of the province to define the scope of its functions and those of the Irrigation Department to discuss if separation is advocated the method of separation and to make recommendations as to the constitution and strength of each department. [...] The decay of the rivers in the central districts is attributable primarily to natural camses but further to the south the embaukinents NNiich have reclaimed the fertile land in the Sundarhans have stopp 0 the spread of the tidal waters and are killing the rivers threatening the very existence of the link which connects the Hooghly with the steamer route to tr.e east. [...] The decay of the rivers in the central districts is attributable primarily to natural camses but further to the south the embaukinents NNiich have reclaimed the fertile land in the Sundarhans have stopp 0 the spread of the tidal waters and are killing the rivers threatening the very existence of the link which connects the Hooghly with the steamer route to tr.e east. [...] Coming lastly to navigation we have already stressed the importance of the maitenance of the navigable waterways to the economic life of the province and have explaied that in the past the activities of the department have been directed primarily to the upkeep of the main routes both for boats and steamers.
development
Pages
47
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141011
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-4 unknown view
Chapter I. Introductory
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Chapter II. General
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Chapter III. The work of the Irrigation Department
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Chapter IV. The need for development
9-12 unknown view
Chapter V. The present organisation of the Irrigation Department
12-13 unknown view
Chapter VI. The need of a separate organisation for waterways
13-14 unknown view
Chapter VII. The reorganisation of the Irrigation Department
14-16 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Proposals for revising the procedure for improvement schemes
16-19 unknown view
Chapter IX. The formation of a Waterways Trust
19-20 unknown view
Chapter X. The participation of the neighbouring provinces
20-22 unknown view
Chapter XI The constitution of the Trust
22-24 unknown view
Chapter XII. The duties and procedure of the Trust
24-26 unknown view
Chapter XIII. The finance of the Trust
26-28 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Conclusion
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Appendices
31-35 unknown view

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