Location of Gang Canal, History of Gang Canal, Architecture of Gang Canal.
Location of the Canal:
This Canal is located in District Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
History of the Canal:
After the Indian famine of 1899-1900 A.D., it was got built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner who also founded the City of Sri Ganganagar. The foundation stone of the Gang Canal Head Works at Ferozepur was laid on 5 December, 1925 and the work was completed in 1927 by constructing 89 miles of concrete lined Canal. The opening ceremony was performed on 26 October, 1927.
Architecture of the Canal:
It is the longest concrete lined Canal in the World. This canal brought the excess water of river Sutlej from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to Sri Ganganagar which changed the face of the desert with high production of wheat, mustard, cotton, sugarcane, rice, groundnut and citrus fruits. Sri Ganganagar is now known as ‘the food basket of Rajasthan’. The irrigation by this Canal has also brought about changes in the rainfall pattern in this District. This District receives higher rainfall even during the drought conditions in the Western Rajasthan.
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