The damaged sluice gate of Farakka barrage is being repaired and there is no fear of sudden inundation downstream of the barrage, West Bengal irrigation minister Manas Bhunia said in the assembly ...

“The lock gate no. 13 broke due to water pressure,” Farakka Barrage General Manager Arun Kumar Sinha said. “We are repairing it on an emergency basis. But, if it cannot be repaired, the gate ...

Malda, Feb. 22: One of the lock gates of Farakka Barrage collapsed yesterday, draining the water out of fields in Hamidpur and Rajnagar where standing crop had remained submerged for the past 12 days.

The original video says it is a gate change at the Farakka Barrage, in the Indian state of West Bengal. We have geolocated the Farakka Barrage and there are a lot of similarities with this video.

Trinamool Congress today demanded a probe by the Centre into the breakdown of two sluice gates of Farakka barrage, saying it has led to flow of excess water to Bangladesh causing severe power and ...

Opening Farakka Barrage gates a normal procedure during monsoon, says India . ... Reports on the impact of the gate opening have also surfaced in Bangladeshi media outlets.

The cash-strapped barrage did not have money to get the remote-controlled system going again. Chakroborty said the Centre provided Rs 22 to 25 crore every year for maintenance of the barrage, as ...

Gate number 13 broke in June, while gate number 16 broke in December. Now, all the 109 gates of the barrage that regulate flow of the Ganga and the level of water into the feeder canal will be ...

The Farakka Barrage on the Ganges in the Indian state of West Bengal. Photo: InternetThere is little scope of Bangladesh's getting excess water through the Farakka barrage as the Ganges water ...

A Central team today visited the Farakka Barrage in Murshidabad district to take stock of the situation, days after the Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, complained to the Prime Minister about ...