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North Karo River River Country India State Jharkhand Mouth - location Koel River, India For river passing through mining areas of West Singhbhum and Saranda forest, see South Karo River.The North Karo River (Hindi: ऊत्त्तरि कारो नदी) drains the Indian state of Jharkhand.
It originates on the Ranchi Plateau. It forms a 17m high scarp falls, Pheruaghaugh, at the southern margin of the Ranchi plateau.[1]It drains the Gumla, Ranchi and West Singhbhum districts.[2]It joins the South Koel near Serengda. The meandering valley of the Karo river, downstream from Pheruaghaugh falls is a typical example of an incised meander.[3][4]
Koel-Karo project
The Koel-Karo project is located in the Ranchi and West Singbhum districts. The 710 mw power project involves the construction of two earth dams - one, 44 metres high, across the South Koel river near Basia, and the other, 55 metres high, across the North Karo river near Lohajima. The two dams will be linked by a trans-basIn channel, with six units of 115 mw each in the underground powerhouse at Lumpu-ngkhel and one unit of 20 mw at Raitoli. About 120 villages are to be affected, displacing over one lakh people. 22,000 ha are to be submerged. Of the total land acquisition, 12,000 ha are reported to be agricultural land, while 10,000 ha comprise forests. Dispute arose over the compensation package for the displaced people and protests started in 1974 and have been continuing since then.[5]
References
- ^ "Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj". Google Books. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=T1Y_Ytx9wp4C&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=hundru+falls&source=bl&ots=9rdY5mtPac&sig=nNchjTZDYWy2hxCxVK5PYiqHS6A&hl=en&ei=ME7NS5yeE4KmrQez6rFq&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBThk#v=onepage&q=hundru%20falls&f=false. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ "FAO Corporate Document Repository". Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/v5930e/V5930E15.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ "Working Plan for Porhat Division". Deptt of Forest and Environment, Government of Jharkhand. http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/porahat_ns.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of nature of geography By A.Z. Bukhari". Google books. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Iz_m9dlXEUYC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=Burha+river&source=bl&ots=UsXqoJkTiV&sig=U_wYMkml_33RhBxZ1iPBK-qRJGc&hl=en&ei=mn3ZS86ZNdS9rAff1_yxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Burha%20river&f=false. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ "Koel Karo battles on". India Environment Portal. http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/5025. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
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