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Some Adverse Effect of Kosi and Farakka Barrages in India
Kosi and Farakka barrages were constructed on rivers Kosi and Ganga in the years 1963 and 1971, respectively. During the period 1731–1954, river Kosi had been shifting its course from east to west by a distance of 112 km causing devastating floods in Bihar. Kosi breached its flood embankments both upstream and downstream of the barrage on many occasions resulting in devastation in several districts in Bihar causing loss of life and damage to crops and properties. Similarly, river Ganga has breached its left marginal flood embankment upstream and erosion of right bank downstream of Farakka barrage occasionally causing loss of life and properties, damage of crops in Malda and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal. Author has described some salient features and discussed the adverse impacts of both the barrages on the respective rivers. In this paper, author has made an in-depth analysis of the different causes of the breaches of flood embankments and erosion of river banks resulting in failure of the flood embankments upstream and downstream of Kosi barrage and breaches in left marginal flood embankment upstream and erosion of right bank downstream of Farakka barrage.
Some Adverse Effect of Kosi and Farakka Barrages in India
Kosi and Farakka barrages were constructed on rivers Kosi and Ganga in the years 1963 and 1971, respectively. During the period 1731–1954, river Kosi had been shifting its course from east to west by a distance of 112 km causing devastating floods in Bihar. Kosi breached its flood embankments both upstream and downstream of the barrage on many occasions resulting in devastation in several districts in Bihar causing loss of life and damage to crops and properties. Similarly, river Ganga has breached its left marginal flood embankment upstream and erosion of right bank downstream of Farakka barrage occasionally causing loss of life and properties, damage of crops in Malda and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal. Author has described some salient features and discussed the adverse impacts of both the barrages on the respective rivers. In this paper, author has made an in-depth analysis of the different causes of the breaches of flood embankments and erosion of river banks resulting in failure of the flood embankments upstream and downstream of Kosi barrage and breaches in left marginal flood embankment upstream and erosion of right bank downstream of Farakka barrage.
Some Adverse Effect of Kosi and Farakka Barrages in India
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dutta, Subashisa (Herausgeber:in) / Chembolu, Vinay (Herausgeber:in) / Mazumder, S. K. (Autor:in)
International Conference on River Corridor Research and Management ; 2022
18.08.2023
15 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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