The ITO barrage, also Indraprastha barrage
[ and ITO Bridge,][I. Mohan, 1992]
Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums
is a 552 meter[ barrage on ]Yamuna River
The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Ba ...
, top of which also serves as the bridge on the Paharganj
Paharganj (literally 'hilly neighbourhood') is a neighbourhood of Central Delhi, located just west of the New Delhi Railway Station. Known as ''Shahganj'' or King's ganj or market place during Mughal era, it is one of the three administrative ...
- Gaziabad Vikas marg.[Construction of bridges over river yamuna]
[For The Love Of A Dying River’: How I Found Yamuna Abandoned By Delhi]
YouthKiAwaz, 9 June 2016. Yamuna flows for 48 km in Delhi, including 22 km from Wazirabad barrage
The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi.2000Workshop, Role of Gates and their Contr ...
where it enters Delhi to Okhla barrage after which it enters Haryana.[ paenvis.nic.in/index1.aspx?lid=2284&mid=1&langid=1&linkid=550 Yamuna Flood Plain - Envis Center on Human Settlement's30 June 2016.][Joginder Singh, 2010]
India, Democracy and Disappointments
Page 504.[ Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh, 2007]
Hydrology and Water Resources of India
Page 348. Upstream barrage from ITO barrage in Delhi is Wazirabad barrage
The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi.2000Workshop, Role of Gates and their Contr ...
(north) and downstream is Okhla barrage
The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge)I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums is a 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of O ...
(south).[Okhla barrage to be shut at night for 45 days.]
Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...
, 20 Sept 2017.[1967]
Annual Research Memoirs
Central Water and Power Research Station (India)] Yamuna has a total of 6 barrages, from north-west to south-east, Dakpathar Barrage
The Dakpathar Barrage is a concrete barrage across the Yamuna River adjacent to Dakpathar in Uttarakhand, India. In a run-of-the-river scheme, the barrage serves to divert water into the East Yamuna Canal for hydroelectric power production at ...
(Uttarakhand), Hathni Kund Barrage
The Hathni Kund is a concrete barrage located on the Yamuna River in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana state, India. It was constructed between October 1996 and June 1999 for the purpose of irrigation. It replaced the Tajewala Barrage downst ...
(172km from Yamunotri
Yamunotri, also Jamnotri, is the source of the Yamuna River and the seat of the Goddess Yamuna in Hinduism. It is situated at an altitude of in the Garhwal Himalayas and located approximately North of Uttarkashi, the headquarters of the Uttark ...
origin, replaced the older defunct Tajewala Barrage
Tajewala Barrage is a now decommissioned but existing old barrage across the Yamuna River, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India. Completed in 1873, it regulated the flow of the Yamuna for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh a ...
in Haryana), Wazirabad barrage
The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi.2000Workshop, Role of Gates and their Contr ...
(244km from Hathnikund to north Delhi), ITO barrage (central Delhi), Okhla barrage
The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge)I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums is a 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of O ...
(22km from Wazirabad to south Delhi, "New Okhla barrage" is later-era new barrage) and Mathura barrage (at Gokul, Uttar Pradesh).[Bharati Chaturvedi, 2010]
Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in the Megacity
/ref>[ML Ahmed, Analysis of Discharge and Gauge-Level Data at Old Railway Bridge, Int'l Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Manufacturing Engineering (ICAEME’2014), 9-10 June 2014, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).][Bharati Chaturvedi, 2010]
Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in the Megacity
Page 78.
It is under the management of the Haryana Government, whereas Wazirabad barrage is managed by Delhi and Okhla barrage is managed by UP Government.[Too many cooks spoil the broth ]
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
, 29 March 2016.
History
In 1988, improved design of expansion joints for long span bridges was adopted at the ITO Barrage bridge to strengthen the load bearing capacity.[Lok Sabha Debates]
Page 115. In 1989 the survey was carried out from Wazirabad barrage
The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi.2000Workshop, Role of Gates and their Contr ...
to ITO barrage and from ITO barrage to Okhla barrage
The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge)I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums is a 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of O ...
, with a proposal to introduce ferry service after improving water channel, though no further action was taken.[2001]
Delhi Urban Environment and Infrastructure Improvement Project (DUEIIP)
In early 2000s, HUDCO proposed to channelise Yamuna from ITO barrage to Kalindi Kunj Barrage, including developing commercial space.[Darshini Mahadevia, 2008]
Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies, and Public Actions
Floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
in this area is 2 to 3 km wide.[A.K. Jain, 2009]
River Pollution, Page 16.
/ref> Prior to 2010, ITO Bridge and Nizamuddin Bridge were newly widened by constructing additional bridges parallel to the existing to ease the flow of traffic from the trans-Yamuna areas.[U. S. Jolly, 2010]
Challenges for a Mega City: Delhi, a Planned City with Unplanned Growth
Usage
Vijay Ghat to the ITO barrage has several Raj Ghat and associated memorials
Raj Ghat is a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, India. Originally it was the name of a historic ghat of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad). Close to it, and east of Daryaganj was ''Raj Ghat Gate'' of the walled city, opening at ''Raj Gha ...
samadhis
''Samadhi'' (Pali and sa, समाधि), in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga ...
as well as Indira Gandhi Arena
The K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall, formerly known as the Indraprashtha Stadium and Indira Gandhi Arena (officially Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium), is located at the Indraprastha Estate in the eastern region of New Delhi. It is the largest indoor sp ...
that was used for the Asiad 1982.[1981]
Design
Volume 25, Page 32. ITO Barrage also serves as the ITO bridge, the most important bridge for intra-city movements across river Yamuna.[V. Thamizh Arasan, 2004]
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Transportation Systems Planning and Operation
Volume 1. The Yamuna water from ITO Barrage is used for the cooling of two units of Indraprastha Power Generation
Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) is the electricity generation company of the Government of Delhi state in India.
History
IPGCL came into existence on 1 July 2002 after unbundling of Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) commenced ope ...
's thermal Rajghat Power Station located near ITO.[A. K. Jain, 2009]
River Pollution
Page 62.
Navigation restoration
This barrage on Yamuna is part of National Waterway NW110, one of India's 111 National Waterways. Okhla barrage lies on the Delhi-Agra Yamuna canal waterway, from Okhla barrage to Agra via Agra Canal
The Agra Canal is an important Indian irrigation work which starts from Okhla in Delhi. The Agra canal originates at the Okhla barrage, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge.
The canal receives its water from the Yamuna River at Okhla, about to t ...
, steamer service is planned by the end of June 2017 with the help of Netherlands (c. Feb 2017).[Steamer service to revive navigation in Agra Canal after 143 years]
''Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia.
It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...
'', 1 February 2017.
See also
* Gokul barrage
* Masani barrage
Masani barrage, also Masani bridge, a barrage on the seasonal Sahibi River completed in 1989, is named after the Masani village in Rewari District of Haryana in India. Masani barrage also serves as a bridge on NH 919. Water storage in the barr ...
References
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