EASTERN JUNNA CANAL
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Jalaun, Hamhpuy and Banda. In Cawnpom District the Sengar; and
n Fatehpur the No, and Rind, flow into it; close to Hamrrpur it
es the Barwn, and in Bandit District the Ken. It finally falls
into the Gatvoes below Allahabad, 860 miles from its source.
The Jum a, after issuing from the hills, has a longer course in the
United Prunes than the Ganges; but it is not so large or important
and does not carry as much water as is required by the canals
taken irom it. The supply is therefore inereased from the Ganges by
means of the cut into the Htrnaw; and the Irrigation Commission
(I9or)recently proposed to make more water from the Ganges ..liable
by increasing the supply of the Imwer Ganges Canal through a cut from
the Sdann. The Jum supplies kinking-water to the cities of Agra
and Allahabad, which possesses, when fresh, special vi,t,ein destroying
the enteric microbe. It is crossed by railway bridges near Socarwa in
Ssharnnpur, at Delhi, Marne, Agra, Kalpi (x,626 feet in width), and
At lahabad (3,z30 feet). The breadth of water-sum ce in the dry season
es from z,6-- feet at Okhla and I,gco feet at Kalpi to x,zoo feet at
Allahabad. The discharge in flood at Okhla is about 41,01- cubic
feet per second, bur this dwindles away to less than x n the dry
n. The Jumna drains a total area of about ,8,ow square miles.
se The naftic on the Jum s formerly of so importance, and
large s were spent in clearing away reefs of hanker (nodular lime.
stone) and conglomerate in Etawah District. Before the opening of
the East Indian Railway, much cotton grown in Bundelkhand was sent
down the river ft.. Kalpl. At present timber is carried down the
upper portion, and stone and grain m the tower c The
principal towns on or as. its bank are: Delhi in the Punjab; and
Bagbpat, Mat, Brindaban, Meara, Mahaban, Agra, Fhozabad, Batesar,
Etaw.h, Kalpf, Hamarpur, and Allahabad in the United Provinces.
Jnrnna Canal, Eastern.-An important irrigation work in the
Upper Done of the United Provinces, taking off from the left or east.
em bank of the Jum . The canal is drawn from a branch of the
r which divides soon after piercing the Siwaliks. The bed at this
point has a rapid slope over boulders and shingle, and the supply is
easily maintained by spurs. For some miles the canal itself flows
similar bed. The main channel is rx9 miles long, and there
are 719 miles of distributaries and 447 of drains. Immediately after
the British occupation of the Doab, recurring famines pointed to the
urgent necessity for irrigation, and surveys commenced in t8o9, but
work was not begun till I8,3. Fands were limited, and the canal was
first opened in January, x830, Sir Proby Cautley's experience on this
canal was ofgreat assistance in carrying out the magnificent works of
the more important Upper Ganges Canal. The line followed kept
closely to that of an old canal of the seventeenth century. It has been
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