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.

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Label Occurrences
Indira Gandhi Canal canonical 5
Rajasthan Canal 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irrigation canal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
surface form: 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 Rajasthan ⓘ
surface form: southwest Rajasthan
hasBranchCanals yes ⓘ
headworksLocation Harike ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Bikaner region

Hanumangarh district ⓘ
surface form: Hanumangarh region

Jaisalmer ⓘ
surface form: Jaisalmer region

Jodhpur district ⓘ
surface form: Jodhpur region

Ganganagar district ⓘ
surface form: Sri Ganganagar region
lengthApproxKm 650 ⓘ
locatedIn Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
majorPhaseCompletion 1980s ⓘ
managingAuthority Government of Rajasthan ⓘ
namedAfter Indira Gandhi ⓘ
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system ⓘ
passesThrough Bikaner ⓘ
surface form: Bikaner district

Ganganagar district ⓘ
Hanumangarh district ⓘ
Jaisalmer ⓘ
surface form: 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 (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thar Desert → crossedBy → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Indira Gandhi Canal → alsoKnownAs → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajasthan Canal
Memorials to Indira Gandhi → include → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Ganganagar district → hasMajorCanal → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Harike Barrage → divertsWaterTo → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajasthan Canal
Hanumangarh district → hasIrrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
northwestern India → hasNotableCanal → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwestern India