View of yamuna from okhla bird sanctuary

The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge)I. Mohan, 1992
Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums
is a 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long

weir A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

across

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 Ban ...

opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of

Okhla Bird Sanctuary Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. It is situated in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border and known as a haven for over 300 bird species, especially waterbirds. I ...

today. It is situated 10 km to the south of

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

and downstream of Nizamuddin bridge at

Okhla Okhla is a suburban village located near Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Its nearest industrial area called commonly as Okhla Industrial Area (OIA) or Okhla Industrial Est ...

, where

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 ...

originates from it.Agra Canal Modernization Project
The top of barrage also serves as the

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

carriageway of

Kalindi Kunj Kalindi Kunj is a public garden and a famous T point road in Delhi, located on the banks of River Yamuna, close to Okhla barrage. Atlantic Water World, an amusement park incorporating a water park, is located there. Gallery Atlantic Water ...

Mithapur Mithapur is a census town in Devbhumi Dwarka district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It's lies about 20 km from Dwarka city, the district headquarter. Geography Mithapur has an area of . It is located at . It has an average elevation of 7&n ...

road.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, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, t ...

, 20 Sept 2017. Nearby later-era New Okhla Barrage is 554 meters long. It is under the management of the

government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

.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

The barrage and Agra canal were opened in 1874 by the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

for the purpose of

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...

and water navigation from

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

and

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

districts, and

Bharatpur State Bharatpur State, which is also known as the Jat State of Bharatpur historically known as the Kingdom of Bharatpur, was a Hindu Kingdom in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jat ...

. Navigation stopped in 1904.. It was built seven-feet higher than the summer level of the river. The Yamuna, from its origin at

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 ...

to Okhla barrage, is called Upper Yamuna which is managed by Upper Yamuna River Board created in 1995.2015
INDIA 2015
New Media Wing.Upper Yamuna River Board
Official website. 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 barrages in Delhi are

(north) and

ITO barrage The ITO barrage, also Indraprastha barrage and ITO Bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums is a 552 meter barrage on Yamuna River, top of which also serves as the bridge on the Paharganj- Gaziabad ...

(center).1967
Annual Research Memoirs
- Central Water and Power Research Station (India)] A canal was built from Okhla barrage to Gurugram district (now Faridabad) during the Five-Year Plans of India, 3rd Five-Year Plans of India (1961-66).Milap Chand Dandia, 1976
Rajasthan Year-book & Who's who
Volume 14, Page 69. That canal now has a downstream

Palla barrage The Palla barrage is a barrage located in Palla on the Yamuna-Faridabad canal in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India. This irrigation canal runs to the west of Yaumna through Fridabad, Palwal, Mathura and Agra districts where it termi ...

Faridabad Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ri ...

Bird Sanctuary

Okhla barrage now also serves as the location of

. Downstream on Agra canal is also Keetham Lake National Bird Sanctuary.Keetham Lake Agra excursion
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http://cpcbenvis.nic.in/newsletter/ CPCBENVIS]Agra Braj circuit of UP
, UP Tourism.

Preservation

The road over the barrage was shut for 45 days in September 2017, for repairs to 18 of its 27 water release gates, prior to the arrival of migratory birds in November.

Navigation restoration

This barrage on Yamuna is part of Yamuna#National Waterway NW110, National Waterway NW110, one of India's 111 National Waterways. Okhla barrage lies on the following two under-development waterways projects. * Delhi-Faridabad Yaumna waterway, from

in north Delhi to

in north

via

and Okhla barrage.Yamuna water link may get govt nod

, 6 April 2016. * 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 Lyall ...

, 1 Feb 2017.

References

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History

Bird Sanctuary

Preservation

Navigation restoration

See also

References