West Bengal
1- 1. West Bengal
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- 2. Jharkhand
- 3. Odisha
- 4. Sikkim
- 5. Assam
- 6. West Bengal
123- 1. Darjeeling
- 2. Sundarbans
- 3. West Bengal
123- 1. Hooghly
- 2. Himalaya
- 3. West Bengal
123- 1. Sundarbans NP
- 2. Jaldapara NP
- 3. West Bengal
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The Farakka Barrage is situated in West Bengal on the Ganga, close to the Bangladesh border.
Its central historical objective was to divert part of the Ganga's flow through a feeder canal towards the Bhagirathi-Hooghly system, helping maintain navigability and reduce sediment-related problems affecting Kolkata Port.
Syllabus & Relevance
Paper: GS-1
Theme: Geography
Static Foundation
The barrage became operational in the 1970s.
However, construction of a major control structure on an international river inevitably created downstream concerns in Bangladesh and upstream ecological and sediment-management debates in India.
The result was a long history of India-Bangladesh negotiations over the dry-season flow of the Ganga.
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