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Water for Irrigation
Water
from DVC dams is regulated by the Durgapur barrage
through the existing network of 2494 kms of
canals. This has created irrigation potential
for 3.64 lakh hectares of land annually.
3.42,000
hectares of Kharif Crop, 22,000 hectares of
rabi crop and 30,000 hectares of boro crop are
irrigated annually in the districts of Barddhaman,
Hooghly, Bankura and Howrah in the state of
West Bengal.
About 30,000 hectares of land in the upper valley
is irrigated annually by lift-irrigation with
water available from over 16,000 check dams
constructed by DVC.
Industrial
and Civic water provisions
About
625 cusec of water is released every year to
meet the demand of approximately 150 industries,
civic bodies and railways in Jharkhand and West
Bengal.
Permission
for extraction of water for industrial and domestic
purposes
The intending
party is required to contact the following officials
along with details regarding amount of water
required, location, details of pumping installation
and layout drawing of the proposed scheme.
| Chief
Engineer (Civil) DVC, Maithon, P.O. Maithon
Dam, Dist, Dhanbad Jharkhand - 828207 |
OR |
Chief Engineer
(Commercial) DVC, DVC Towers
VIP Road,Kolkata - 700054 |
Water
charges are livable for such extraction of water
for industrial and domestic purposes.
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