{"id":330784,"date":"2025-03-25T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330784"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:00:27","slug":"farakka-barrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/farakka-barrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Farakka Barrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News-<\/strong> Farakka Barrage began operations in 1975, marking its 50th anniversary in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-331352 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Farakka-Barrage.png?resize=657%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Farakka Barrage\" width=\"657\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Farakka-Barrage.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Farakka-Barrage.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Farakka-Barrage.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Farakka-Barrage.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Farakka Barrage<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: <em>Built on the Ganga River in Murshidabad district, West Bengal<\/em>, about 18 km from the Bangladesh border.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commissioning<\/strong>: The project construction commenced in 1961 and it became operational on April 21, 1975.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: It diverts 40,000 cusecs of water into the Farakka Feeder Canal to remove silt from the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River, ensuring the navigability of Kolkata Port.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water sharing agreements<\/strong>: India and Bangladesh have signed multiple agreements over Ganga water sharing, including the <em>1977 Farakka Agreement<\/em> and the <em>1996 Ganga Water Treaty.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #fafffe;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key facts about Hooghly River<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About<\/strong>\u2013 The Hooghly River, also called the <em>Bhagirathi-Hoogly and Kati-Ganga River<\/em>, is a major river in West Bengal.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Length &amp; Formation- <\/strong><\/strong>A 260 km-long distributary of the Ganges, formed when the river splits in Murshidabad\u2014one branch becomes the <em>Padma<\/em> (flowing into Bangladesh), while the other forms the Hooghly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers drain into Hooghly<\/strong>\u2013 Ajay, Falgu, Jalangi and Churni to the north and Rupnarayan, Mayurakshi, Damodar and Haldi to the south.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Important cities along its course\u2013<\/strong> Jiaganj, Azimganj, Murshidabad, and Baharampur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- Farakka Barrage began operations in 1975, marking its 50th anniversary in 2025. About Farakka Barrage Location: Built on the Ganga River in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, about 18 km from the Bangladesh border. Commissioning: The project construction commenced in 1961 and it became operational on April 21, 1975. 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