4 facts about the rajasthan canal for class 4
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1)It is the largest canal in India. The canal is 650 km long and starts from the Harike Barrage, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab.
2)It flows through Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, with the major length of the canal flowing through Rajasthan. The canal terminates near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
3)The construction of Indira Gandhi Canal was started in 1958.
4) The main objective behind building the canal is to convert the part of Thar desert from wasteland to agriculturally productive area. The canal was earlier known as Rajasthan Canal and its name was changed in 1984
The Indira Gandhi Canal ( known as Rajasthan canal ) is the longest canal of India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Harike, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the north west of Rajasthan state.
The tragedy is that Rajasthan itself has been uninterested in completing the canal soon," says Kanwar Sain, 84, who as chief engineer of the erstwhile Bikaner State first conceptualised the project in 1948.18-Jul-2013.
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