Kangsabati Project

The Kangsabati Project (Bengali:কংসাবতী প্রকল্প), also often referred to as the Kangsabati Irrigation Project and The Kangsabati Reservoir Project, is a project started in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1956 as part of the Indian Second Five-year Plan to provide water to 3,484.77 km² of land in the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Bankura, and Hooghly. [ [http://www.dvlp.com/temp/water_irrigation/irrigation_sector/major/kangsabati.htm Irrigation & Waterways Dept - Irrigation Sector - Major Irrigation Projects - Kangasbati ] ] It involves irrigation land using water from the Kangsabati River, as well as the Shilaboti and the Bhoirobbanki rivers.

As part of the Project, a 38 m high and 10,098 m long dam was constructed at Khatra. A anicut dam built on the Kangsabati River near Midnapore in 1872 was also added to the operations of the project. [ [http://www.abasar.net/bk_main.asp?what=B00053 Bharatkosh ] ]

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