cover image: Report on the Hooghly River and its Head-Waters  Vol. 1

Premium

20.500.12592/jj4frn

Report on the Hooghly River and its Head-Waters Vol. 1

1919

The importance of the proposed extension was due to the fact that thiF section of the river was--not under the special charge of any department or recognised authority and that the rapid extension of mills and factories on the river banks in this area was resulting in the erection of structures projecting into the river and reclamation of land from the Hooghly without any consideration of the ge [...] 4. Recommendations of the Committee of 1913-14.—In 1913-14 the Committee appointed to enquire into the existing facilities and present and future requirements of the Port of Calcutta dealt with the question of the condition of the upper Hooghly' ; they urged that steps should be taken— (a) to ascertain the sources and volume of head-water passing through the port from the feeder rivers Bhagirathi [...] Importance of maintaining the head-waters.—Now it is important to realise that the state of the lower reaches of the river Hooghly is largely conditioned by the action of the tide wave and that any restriction of the ebb and flow of the tide must result in the deterioration of the navigable channels of the river. the action of the tide is further supplemented by that of the freshets. [...] In a tidal river however the result may be widely different ; the interference with the flow of the flood-tide reduces the force of the tide wave above the obstruction ; the downward swing of the ebb tide is diminished and the area of the tidal reservoir is eventually reduced. [...] The changes of the courses of the rivers of Lower Pengathave for a long time exercised the minds of surveyors engineers Ot geologists and various explanations of them have been put forward especially of the comparatively sudden desertion by the Brahmaputra of its old channel which ran to the east of Dacca at the beginning of the last century.
agriculture environment
Pages
151
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141526
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
Report on the Hooghly River and its Head-Waters
1-14 unknown view
Appendices
15-24 unknown view
Maps (Vide Vol. II.)
25-26 unknown view
Plates(Vide Vol. II.)
27-28 unknown view
Chapter I. General description of the Deltaic Rivers
29-35 unknown view
Chapter II. Development of the Delta and of the Nadia Rivers
35-48 unknown view
Chapter III. Physical conditions prevalent in the Nadia Rivers and Tributaries
48-59 unknown view
Chapter IV. Alleged deterioration of the Nadia Rivers and suggested remedies
59-85 unknown view
Chapter V. The Hooghly from Nadia to Calcutta
86-92 unknown view
Chapter VI. The Tributaries of the Hooghly
92-98 unknown view
Chapter VII. The Hooghly from Calcutta to the Sea
99-113 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Alleged Deterioration of the Hooghly
113-142 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

Related Topics

All