Hinglo River Explained

Hinglo River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:India
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Jharkhand, West Bengal
Discharge1 Location:Ajay River
Source1 Location:Hill near Jamtara, Santhal Parganas
Source1 Coordinates:23.9°N 93°W
Basin Size:2009km2

The Hinglo River (also spelt Hinglow) is a tributary of the Ajay River in the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Course

The Hinglo has its source in Santhal Parganas, runs parallel to the Ajay for some distance and flows into it a little after Bhimgarh, actually near Palashdanga village, Birbhum district. It has a watershed area of 2009ha.[1]

Irrigation and floods

A dam across the Hinglo provides irrigation in the areas between the Ajay and the Kopai but environmentalists also blame the dam for floods.[2]

Hinglo dam has a capacity of 13865order=flipNaNorder=flip.[3] However, as a result of improper management of water resources for canal irrigation, the bed of the river has risen and the canals have become derelict. Moreover, the dam is silted up. During the last phase of the monsoon season when excessive rainfall occurs the dam cannot take in all the water and so much of it is released. This surplus water becomes voluminous and overflows the bank of the river and canals. The side embankments are not constructed perfectly everywhere, and the weak points are breached to cause flood. Flood waters can not always find passage to be drained out quickly causing water logging.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Section . Birbhum District. 2009-03-25 .
  2. Web site: Dams, officials to blame more for Bengal floods than rains . 2009-03-25 .
  3. Web site: Poverty and Vulnerability . 2010-06-15 . Vulnerability due to flood . Human Development Report: Birbhum . https://web.archive.org/web/20100807000051/http://wbplan.gov.in/htm/humandev/docs/DHDR_Birbhum/CHP-5.pdf . 7 August 2010 . dead .
  4. Book: Singh, Onkar . frontiers in environmental geography . 2010-06-15 . 1993 . 9788170224624 .