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Farakka Barrage Project

Farakka Barrage Project: Nod to land transfer for new navigation lock 

The Union Cabinet  approved the transfer of 14.86 hectares of land fromFarakka Barrage Project under the Ministry of Water Resources to Inland Waterways Authority of India.

The cost of the land in question is Rs 2.35 crore and the Inland Waterways Authority of India will bear this cost.

Construction of the navigational lock is a subproject of Jal Marg Vikas Project.

The works shall be planned/ executed in such a manner that the existing arrangements about sharing of Ganga water at Farakka, as per Ganga Water Treaty-1996 between India and Bangladesh, are not affected .

Why Construction of the navigational lock?

With the existing lock unable to efficiently handle the number of vessels passing through it, considerable time is taken for vessels to pass the lock. Therefore, a need was felt for construction of an additional lock to facilitate easy passage of vessels.

A look into Farakka Barrage project:

Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 16.5 kilometres  from the border with Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj District.

Construction was started in 1961 and completed in 1975 at a cost of₹156.49 crore (US$23 million).

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The purpose of the barrage is to divert 1,100 cubic metres per second (40,000 cu ft/s) of water from the Ganges to the Hooghly River for flushing out the sediment deposition from the Kolkata harbour without the need of regular mechanical dredging.

The Barrage serves water to the Farakka Super Thermal Power Station. There are also sixty small canals which can divert some water to other destinations for drinking purposes etc.

Inland Waterways Authority of India  was created by Government of India on 27 October 1986 for development and regulation of Inland waterways for shipping and navigation.

The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and maintenance of Inland Waterway Terminal infrastructure on National Waterways through grant received from Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.

The head office is at Noida.

Amitabh Verma is the current Chairman of the Authority.

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