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NAVIGATIONAL LENGTHS OF RIVERS / CANALS
IN WEST BENGAL
RIVER
| |
Name of River |
Total Length |
Total Nevigable Length |
Period of
Navigability |
| 1a) |
Sankosh (border with Assam) |
77.0 |
77.0 |
Perennial |
| 1b) |
Gangadhar
(combined flow of
Sankosh & Raidak II)
|
|
|
-do- |
| 2 |
Raidak I |
90.0 |
90.0 |
-do- |
| 3 |
Raidak II |
54.0 |
54.0 |
-do- |
| 4 |
Torsa |
99.2 |
99.2 |
-do- |
| 5 |
Kaljani |
87.0 |
87.0 |
-do- |
| 6a) |
Jaldakha
(boundary between West
Bengal & Bhutan
|
19.0 |
19.0 |
-do- |
| 6b) |
Jaldhaka-Manasai |
144.0 |
144.0 |
-do- |
| 7a) |
Teesta
(Boundary between West
Bengal & Sikkim)
|
19.0 |
19.0 |
-do- |
| 7b) |
Teesta
(upto Teesta Barrage) |
45.0 |
45.0 |
-do- |
| 7c) |
Teesta
(From Teesta Barrage to
Bangladesh Border)
|
76.0 |
76.0 |
-do- |
| 8 |
Mahanada |
206.0 |
58.0 |
-do- |
| 9 |
Kulik |
56.0 |
56.0 |
Seasonal |
| 10 |
Chiramati |
80.0 |
80.0 |
-do- |
| 11 |
Tangon |
53.0 |
53.0 |
-do- |
| 12 |
Punarbhaba |
55.0 |
55.0 |
-do- |
| 13 |
Atrai |
51.0 |
51.0 |
-do- |
| 14 |
Ajoy |
174.0 |
174.0 |
Perennial |
| 15 |
Jalangi |
232.0 |
232.0 |
Seasonal |
| 16 |
Churni |
71.0 |
71.0 |
-do- |
| 17 |
Dwarka |
129.0 |
129.0 |
-do- |
| 18 |
Brahmani |
77.0 |
77.0 |
-do- |
| 19 |
Kopi |
39.0 |
39.0 |
-do- |
| 20 |
Bakraswar |
102.0 |
102.0 |
-do- |
| 21a) |
Disergarh to Durgapur Barrage |
64.0 |
64.0 |
-do- |
| b) |
Beyond Shampur |
193.0 |
193.0 |
-do- |
| c) |
Beyond Shampur |
193.0 |
193.0 |
-do- |
| d) |
Mindeswari to Mankur (From Sure
Kalna)
|
64.0 |
64.0 |
-do- |
| 22 |
Dwarekeswar Ondagram to Bandar |
103.0 |
103.0 |
-do- |
| 23 |
Silabati |
135.0 |
135.0 |
-do- |
| 24 |
Rupnarayan |
77.0 |
77.0 |
Perennial |
| 25 |
Kangaabati |
39.0 |
39.0 |
Seasonal |
| a) |
Upto Ambikanagar Kumari |
|
|
|
| b) |
Upto Ambikanagar |
19.0 |
19.0 |
-do- |
| c) |
Ambikanagar to Mohanpur (Mid.) |
116.0 |
116.0 |
-do- |
| d) |
Mohanpur Weir to Kapastikri |
58.0 |
58.0 |
-do- |
| e) |
Kapastikri to Bandar (Palaspri Khal) |
51.0 |
51.0 |
-do- |
| f) |
kapastikri to Outfalling Point |
64.0 |
64.0 |
-do- |
| 26 |
Kaliaghai |
|
|
|
| a) |
Murakaja to Narikeldaha |
77.0 |
77.0 |
-do- |
| 27 |
Subarnarekha |
|
|
|
| a) |
(Subarnarekha within West Bengal |
72.0 |
72.0 |
-do- |
| 28 |
Rasulpur |
29.0 |
29.0 |
-do- |
| 29 |
Muriganga |
32.0 |
32.0 |
-do- |
| 30 |
Saptamukhi |
80.4 |
80.4 |
-do- |
| 31 |
Gomar |
26.0 |
26.0 |
-do- |
| 32 |
Bidyadhari |
51.0 |
51.0 |
-do- |
| 33 |
Gosaba |
32.0 |
32.0 |
-do- |
| 34 |
Raimongal |
32.0 |
32.0 |
-do- |
| 35 |
Ichamati |
232.0 |
232.0 |
-do- |
| |
|
3874.6 |
3726.6 |
|
CANAL
| |
Name of Canal |
Total Length |
Total Nevigable
Length |
Period of
Navigability |
| 1. |
Haji Tidal Canal |
48.0 |
48.0 |
Perennial |
| 2. |
Orissa Coast Canal |
58.0 |
58.0 |
-do- |
| 3. |
Circular Canal |
8.9 |
8.9 |
-do- |
| 4. |
North Canal System |
43.0 |
43.0 |
-do- |
| 5. |
D.V.C Canal Navigation System |
130.0 |
130.0 |
Not in operation |
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