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The Engineering Works of the Kistna Delta - A Descriptive and Historical Account

1899

It thus comes that the drainage from 47 827 square miles of the Bombay Presidency from the whole of the Nizam's Dominions and of the Mysore Territory and from almost the whole of the Madras Presidency besides that from upwards of 54 000 square miles of the Central Provinces and Berar —a total area in all of about 338 100 square miles —has to find its way into the sea along the eastern coast of [...] The fall is as much as 408 feet in about 3 miles. The first of the do5hs mentioned above is formed by the confluence of the Bhima which brings down the drainage of Ahmadnagar Poona and Shorapfir ; the second by the confluence of the Tungabhadra which drains the north (and west) of Mysore and the Ceded Districts' of Bellary and Kamfd (Kurnool). [...] It is bounded on the north by the Kistna river which there flows between it and the Nizam's Dominions; on the east by the GOavari District and the sea ; on the south by the sea and the Nellore District; and on the west by the Kurnool District. [...] surveyed and levelled the Kistna from Masulipatam to Incotallah a distance of nearly 110 miles as well as the country between the Kistna and the Godavery by Ellore and down the Godavery from Talapoody to Coringa when the completion of the work was retarded by the want of proper instruments and the death of Mr. [...] The undertaking however which would benefit the country in the most extensive and permanent manner would be an annicut at Baizwarah which would at once supply both sides of the river with water for irrigation and thus for ever remove the prospect of famine for want of the means of raising paddy ; for so long as the courses of the seasons endure the quantity of water which even in the most u
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Pages
210
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145628
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ix George Walch view
Chapter I. The Kistna River and District
1-7 George Walch view
Chapter II. The Kistna Anicut and Head-Works—Proposals and Sanction
8-53 George Walch view
Chapter III. Kistna Anicut and Head-Works—Site and Design
54-57 George Walch view
Chapter IV. Kistna Anicut and Head-Works—Execution from Commencement in 1852 to Completion in August 1855
58-75 George Walch view
Chapter V. The Anicut and Head-Works since Construction
76-90 George Walch view
Chapter VI. Works in the Delta—Sanctions—Execution—Cost
91-127 George Walch view
Chapter VII. General Description of Whole System of Canals etc.
128-144 George Walch view
Chapter VIII. Various Information as to Materials Design etc. of Works
145-149 George Walch view
Chapter IX. Irrigation
150-159 George Walch view
Chapter X. Navigation
160-172 George Walch view
Chapter XI. Results of the Kistna Delta Works
173-176 George Walch view
Appendices
177-188 George Walch view
Index
189-191 George Walch view

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