Indira Gandhi Canal

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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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Generate an image of the Indira Gandhi 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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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irrigation canal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rajasthan Canal ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi 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 ⓘ
linked to: Rajasthan
hasBranchCanals yes ⓘ
headworksLocation Harike, Punjab ⓘ
linked to: Harike
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 ⓘ
linked to: Bikaner

Hanumangarh region ⓘ
Jaisalmer region ⓘ
linked to: Jaisalmer

Jodhpur region ⓘ
linked to: Jodhpur district

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

Ganganagar district ⓘ
Hanumangarh district ⓘ
Jaisalmer district ⓘ
linked to: Jaisalmer

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Thar Desert → crossedBy → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Indira Gandhi Canal → alsoKnownAs → Rajasthan Canal ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Memorials to Indira Gandhi → include → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Ganganagar district → hasMajorCanal → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Harike Barrage → divertsWaterTo → Rajasthan Canal ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Hanumangarh district → hasIrrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Northwestern India → hasNotableCanal → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: northwestern India
Bhakra Nangal Project → linkedProject → Indira Gandhi Canal system ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Indus Waters system in India → includesProject → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Gang Canal → waterSource → Indira Gandhi Canal system ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Rawla Mandi → waterSource → Indira Gandhi Canal command area ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Gharsana → hasIrrigationInfrastructure → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Suratgarh → hasIrrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Lunkaransar → hasIrrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Bikaner Canal Colony (Punjab) → waterSource → Bikaner Canal ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Bikaner Canal Colony (Punjab) → linkedTo → Bikaner Canal irrigation network ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi Canal
Khajuwala → irrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ
Western Rajasthan → hasIrrigationSource → Indira Gandhi Canal ⓘ