Indrapuri barrage
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 50 '4 " N , 84 ° 8' 13" E | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | Gravity dam | ||||||||
| Construction time: | -1968 | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 1 407 m | ||||||||
The Indrapuri barrage (sometimes also called the Sone barrage ) is located on the lower reaches of the Son in northern central India .
The barrage is located 10 km south of the city of Dehri in the Rohtas district in the southwest of the state of Bihar . The construction of the barrage started in 1960 and was completed in 1968. The river Son flows another 130 km in a north-northeast direction before it flows into the Ganges west of Patna .
The barrage is used for irrigation . An irrigation canal branches off on both banks.
The barrier structure has a length of 1407 m. It is the fourth longest barrage in the world (as of 2016).
Web links
Commons : Indrapuri Barrage - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Upadhyaya, AK Sikka, AK Singh, J. Kumar: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PATNA MAIN CANAL COMMAND. (PDF) Retrieved April 10, 2016 (English).
- ^ HCC: Powering India. indiatoday.in, October 9, 2009, accessed April 10, 2016 .