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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site) Delhi Metro Annual Reports "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. "Okhla Vihar metro station" (Map). Google Maps
MP for Outer Delhi: 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan: Charan Singh: Minister of Irrigation 15 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP for Malda: 16 January 1980 8 June 1980 144 days Indian National Congress: Indira III: Indira Gandhi: 16 Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MP for Bettiah: 8 June 1980 12 ...
The Agra Canal is an important Indian irrigation work which starts from Okhla in Delhi.The Agra canal originates at the Okhla barrage, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge. [2]The canal receives its water from the Yamuna River at Okhla, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of New Delhi.
Okhla is an urban neighbourhood located near the Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority or NOIDA. Okhla is also an assembly constituency. [2]
The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge) [2] is a 791 meters [1] or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of Okhla Bird Sanctuary today. It is situated 10 km to the south of New Delhi and downstream of Nizamuddin bridge at Okhla, where Agra canal originates from it. [3]
The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge, [2] built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi. [3] [4] ITO barrage and Okhla barrage are 2 downstream barrages in Delhi and are managed by Haryana and UP respectively, [5] [6] [7] [1] [8] whereas the Wazirabad barrage is under the management of Delhi govt.
It lies on Delhi-Faridabad Okhla-Palla Yaumna Canal waterway, from Okhla barrage south of Delhi to Palla barrage north-west of Faridabad. [3] A detailed Project Report was ready to build new barrages in 2 places, dredge Yaumna from Palla to Wazirabad with a water draft of 3 meter, to operate seaplanes, seabuses and hovercraft (c. June 2016). [4]
The New Ohkla Barrage is a weir impounding the Yamuna River, southeast of New Delhi. The nature of the Yamanu River has changed substantially since the British built the original Okhla barrage in 1874. The river was known for its fish abundance. Today the river is fed mostly by the outflow of water treatment plants.