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Better tourist attraction
you will get a nice view from this place, less crowded and sometimes cool winds blow from here
The Sone Barrage at Indrapuri is 1,407 metres (4,616 ft) long and is the fourth longest barrage in the world. It was constructed by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC),the company which constructed the 2,253 m long Farakka Barrage , the longest in the world. [1][2] Construction of the barrage was taken up in the 1960s and it was commissioned in 1968. [3] The Canal System In 1873-74, one of the oldest irrigation systems in the country was developed with an anicut across the Son at Dehri. Water from the Son fed canal systems on both sides of the river and irrigated large areas. A barrage was constructed 8 km upstream of the anicut. Two link canals connected the new reservoir to the old irrigation system and also extended it. [3] Sir John Houlton, the veteran British administrator, described (in 1949) the Son canal system as follows, "This is easily the largest canal system in Bihar; there are 209 miles of main canals, 149 of branch canals and 1,235 of distributaries… The canals are of enormous benefit to cultivation. They have converted a large area of infertile land into a richly productive area."
The Sone Canal system was originally conceived in 1873-74 to cater Rabi crop irrigation requirements in the then Patna Commissionaire of Bihar State and an Anicut was built on river sone near Dehri in the then Shahabad (presently, Rohtas) District. In order to meet increased demand of irrigation, the Sone Barrage was constructed in the year 1968 at Indrapuri in Rohtas District of Bihar at about 10 Kilometres upstream of Dehri-on-sone. The catchment area of the barrage is 68,916 sq metre with pond level of 108.3 metres. The Barrage is 1410 metres long with weir crest level of 104 metres and under sluice crest level of 103.4 metre. The Barrage has been designed for flood discharge of 41,300 cumec. The water from the Barrage to fed to the old canal network through link canals on both side. In addition high level canal has been constructed to utilise the additional capacity developed by the Barrage.
