Indira Gandhi Canal

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irrigation canal

The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of India’s longest irrigation canals, built to bring water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers to arid regions of Rajasthan, transforming parts of the Thar Desert into cultivable land.

Aliases (1)

Rajasthan Canal ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	irrigation canal →
alsoKnownAs	Rajasthan Canal →
benefitsState	Rajasthan →
climateZone	arid →
constructionStart	1958 →
continent	Asia →
country	India →
designedFor	irrigation of northwestern Rajasthan →
enables	cultivation in arid regions of Rajasthan →
enablesCrop	cotton → mustard → pulses → wheat →
fedByProject	Beas–Sutlej link →
flowsTowards	southwest Rajasthan →
hasBranchCanals	yes →
headworksLocation	Harike, Punjab →
impact	desert land reclamation → increase in agricultural productivity in Rajasthan → support for settlement in previously sparsely populated desert areas →
infrastructureType	lined canal →
irrigates	Bikaner region → Hanumangarh region → Jaisalmer region → Jodhpur region → Sri Ganganagar region →
lengthApproxKm	650 →
locatedIn	Punjab → Rajasthan →
majorPhaseCompletion	1980s →
managingAuthority	Government of Rajasthan →
namedAfter	Indira Gandhi →
partOf	Indus Basin irrigation system →
passesThrough	Bikaner district → Ganganagar district → Hanumangarh district → Jaisalmer district → Jodhpur district →
primaryPurpose	irrigation →
rankByLengthInIndia	one of the longest canals in India →
receivesWaterFrom	Beas River → Sutlej River →
regionTransformed	Thar Desert →
secondaryPurpose	drinking water supply →
sourceRiver	Beas River → Sutlej River →
startsFrom	Harike Barrage →
waterDistributionMethod	gravity flow →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Indira Gandhi Canal ("Rajasthan Canal") →	alsoKnownAs
Thar Desert →	crossedBy