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A popular paean to the Ganga is the Ganga Lahiri composed by a 17th-century poet Jagannatha who, legend has it, was turned out of his Hindu Brahmin caste for carrying on an affair with a Muslim woman. Having attempted futilely to be rehabilitated within the Hindu fold, the poet finally appeals to Ganga, the hope of the hopeless, and the ...
The Chief Ministers as members are from the states through which Ganges flow viz. Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, among others. The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority was held on 5 October 2009. [3]
Water-related issues of the basin are due to both high and low flows. In India, the states of Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal are affected by floods. Bangladesh – at the confluence of Brahmaputra River and Ganges River – suffers from severe floods almost every year.
The National Waterway 1 was landed in a controversy and protests after Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Shipping in July, 2014 announced that the government will construct barrages every 100 km (62 mi) on river Ganga and will undertake dredging activities in identified stretch to provide a width of 45 m (148 ft) and a depth of 3 m (9.8 ft ...
The following is a list of the cities in India through which major rivers flow. [1] Andhra Pradesh. City ... At the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati: Ayodhya ...
The Hooghly continues southwards, passing through the metropolis of Kolkata. Thereafter, it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Its tributaries include the Ajay, Damodar, Rupnarayan, and Haldi. The Hooghly has religious significance as Hindus consider the river sacred. It also plays a major role in the agriculture, industry, and climate of the state.
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central and Northern India, and thus forms part of the drainage system of the Ganges. [2] The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a brief time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.
States Length of NW (km) Operational (Y/N/P(artial)) NW1: Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal: 1620 Y NW2: Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra River: Assam: 891 Y NW3: Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal Kerala: 365 Y NW4