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The Ganga, 2009
Water Use in the Indian Subcontinent
Water Science and Technology Library Series, Vol. 64
Author: Parua Pranab Kumar
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Ganga:
Keywords
Farakka Barrage; Ganges; River basin management; Treaty; hydrology; hydrogeology; water policy
The Ganga
Publication date: 03-2012
391 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 03-2012
391 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
The Ganga: analysis of the Farakka barrage (Water science & technology library, Vol. 64)
Publication date: 11-2009
391 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 11-2009
391 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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From time immemorial the Bengal Delta had been an important maritime des- nation for traders from all parts of the world. The actual location of the port of call varied from time to time in line with the natural hydrographic changes. From the early decades of the second millennium AD, traders from the European con- nent also joined the traders from the Arab countries, who had been the Forerunners in maritime trading with India. Daring traders and fortune seekers from Denmark, Holland, Belgium and England arrived at different ports of call along the Hooghly river. The river had been, in the meantime, losing its pre-eminence as the main outlet channel of the sacred Ganga into the Bay of Bengal, owing to a shift of ?ow towards east near Rajmahal into the Padma, which had been so long, carried very small part of the large volume of ?ow. On a cloudy afternoon on August 24, 1690 the British seafarer Job Charnock rested his oars at Kolkata and started a new chapter in the life of a sleepy village, bordering the Sunderbans which was ?a tangled region of estuaries, rivers and water courses, enclosing a vast number of islands of various shapes and sizes. ? and infested with a large variety of wild animals. In the language of the British Nobel Laureate (1907) Rudyard Kipling (1865?1936). ???? ???? Thus the midday halt of Charnock grew a city.
The Ganga in Mythologies.- The Real Ganga In India and Bangladesh.- The Ganga Geology.- The Ganga’s Hydrology.- The Ganga Morphology.- Decline of Bhagirathi-Hooghly Channel.- Only a Barrage Can Save!.- Inconsistency, or A Conspiracy?.- Turmoil Over Water Diversion.- Agreements & MOUs.- What Went Wrong?.- Chronology of Events.- The Ganga Basin Management.- Necessity of Regional Co-operation.- My Views.
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