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Irrigation canal near Delhi, India
The
Agra Canal
is an important
Indian
irrigation
work which starts from
Okhla
in
Delhi
. The Agra
canal
originates at the
Okhla barrage
, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge.
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The canal receives its water from the
Yamuna River
at
Okhla
, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of
New Delhi
. The weir across the
Yamuna
was constructed of locally quarried stone.
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It was about 800 yards (730 m) long, and rises seven feet above the summer level of the river.
From
Okhla
the canal follows a route south then southeast for 140 miles (230 km) in the high land between the Khari-Nadi and the
Yamuna
and finally joins the Utanga River about 27 miles (43 km) below Agra.
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Navigable branches connect the canal with
Mathura
and
Agra
.
[3]
The canal irrigates about 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) in
Agra
, and
Mathura
in
Uttar Pradesh
,
Faridabad
in
Haryana
,
Bharatpur
in
Rajasthan
and also some parts of
Delhi
.
History
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The canal opened in the year 1874. In the beginning, it was available for navigation, in
Delhi
, erstwhile
Gurgaon
,
Mathura
and
Agra
Districts, and
Bharatpur State
. Later, navigation was stopped in 1904 and the canal has, since then, been exclusively used for irrigation purposes only. At present, the canal does not flow in Gurgaon district, but only in
Faridabad
, which was earlier a part of Gurgaon.
In recent times, Agra canal is an important landmark which separates
Greater Faridabad
from
Faridabad
.
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