The ITO barrage, also Indraprastha barrage and ITO Bridge,I. Mohan, 1992
Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums
is a 552 meter barrage on

Yamuna River The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Ba ...

, top of which also serves as the bridge on the Paharganj- Gaziabad Vikas marg.Construction of bridges over river yamuna
For The Love Of A Dying River’: How I Found Yamuna Abandoned By Delhi
YouthKiAwaz, 9 June 2016. Yamuna flows for 48 km in Delhi, including 22 km from

Wazirabad barrage The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long weir across Yamuna River, in north Delhi.2000Workshop, Role of Gates and their Contr ...

where it enters Delhi to Okhla barrage after which it enters Haryana. paenvis.nic.in/index1.aspx?lid=2284&mid=1&langid=1&linkid=550 Yamuna Flood Plain - Envis Center on Human Settlement's30 June 2016.Joginder Singh, 2010
India, Democracy and Disappointments
Page 504. Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh, 2007
Hydrology and Water Resources of India
Page 348. Upstream barrage from ITO barrage in Delhi is

(north) and downstream is Okhla barrage (south).Okhla barrage to be shut at night for 45 days.

Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

, 20 Sept 2017.1967
Annual Research Memoirs
Central Water and Power Research Station (India)] Yamuna has a total of 6 barrages, from north-west to south-east,

Dakpathar Barrage The Dakpathar Barrage is a concrete barrage across the Yamuna River adjacent to Dakpathar in Uttarakhand, India. In a run-of-the-river scheme, the barrage serves to divert water into the East Yamuna Canal for hydroelectric power production a ...

(Uttarakhand),

Hathni Kund Barrage The Hathni Kund is a concrete barrage located on the Yamuna River in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana state, India. It was constructed between October 1996 and June 1999 for the purpose of irrigation. It replaced the Tajewala Barrage downstr ...

(172km from

Yamunotri Yamunotri, also Jamnotri, is the source of the Yamuna River and the seat of the Goddess Yamuna in Hinduism. It is situated at an altitude of in the Garhwal Himalayas and located approximately North of Uttarkashi, the headquarters of the Uttark ...

origin, replaced the older defunct

Tajewala Barrage Tajewala Barrage is a now decommissioned but existing old barrage across the Yamuna River, located in Yamuna Nagar District, in the state of Haryana, India. Completed in 1873, it regulated the flow of the Yamuna for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh ...

in Haryana),

(244km from Hathnikund to north Delhi), ITO barrage (central Delhi), Okhla barrage (22km from Wazirabad to south Delhi, "New Okhla barrage" is later-era new barrage) and Mathura barrage (at Gokul, Uttar Pradesh).Bharati Chaturvedi, 2010
Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in the Megacity
/ref>ML Ahmed, Analysis of Discharge and Gauge-Level Data at Old Railway Bridge, Int'l Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Manufacturing Engineering (ICAEME’2014), 9-10 June 2014, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).Bharati Chaturvedi, 2010
Finding Delhi: Loss and Renewal in the Megacity
Page 78. It is under the management of the Haryana Government, whereas Wazirabad barrage is managed by Delhi and Okhla barrage is managed by UP Government.Too many cooks spoil the broth

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the sec ...

, 29 March 2016.

History

In 1988, improved design of expansion joints for long span bridges was adopted at the ITO Barrage bridge to strengthen the load bearing capacity.Lok Sabha Debates
Page 115. In 1989 the survey was carried out from

to ITO barrage and from ITO barrage to Okhla barrage, with a proposal to introduce ferry service after improving water channel, though no further action was taken.2001
Delhi Urban Environment and Infrastructure Improvement Project (DUEIIP)
In early 2000s, HUDCO proposed to channelise Yamuna from ITO barrage to Kalindi Kunj Barrage, including developing commercial space.Darshini Mahadevia, 2008
Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies, and Public Actions

Floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goud ...

in this area is 2 to 3 km wide.A.K. Jain, 2009
River Pollution, Page 16.
/ref> Prior to 2010, ITO Bridge and Nizamuddin Bridge were newly widened by constructing additional bridges parallel to the existing to ease the flow of traffic from the trans-Yamuna areas.U. S. Jolly, 2010
Challenges for a Mega City: Delhi, a Planned City with Unplanned Growth

Usage

Vijay Ghat to the ITO barrage has several

Raj Ghat and associated memorials Raj Ghat is a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, India. Originally it was the name of a historic ghat of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad). Close to it, and east of Daryaganj was ''Raj Ghat Gate'' of the walled city, opening at ''Raj Gha ...

samadhis as well as Indira Gandhi Arena that was used for the Asiad 1982.1981
Design
Volume 25, Page 32. ITO Barrage also serves as the ITO bridge, the most important bridge for intra-city movements across river Yamuna.V. Thamizh Arasan, 2004
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Transportation Systems Planning and Operation
Volume 1. The Yamuna water from ITO Barrage is used for the cooling of two units of Indraprastha Power Generation's thermal Rajghat Power Station located near ITO.A. K. Jain, 2009
River Pollution
Page 62.

Navigation restoration

This barrage on Yamuna is part of National Waterway NW110, one of India's 111 National Waterways. Okhla barrage lies on the Delhi-Agra Yamuna canal waterway, from Okhla barrage to Agra via

Agra Canal 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. The canal receives its water from the Yamuna River at Okhla, about to ...

, steamer service is planned by the end of June 2017 with the help of Netherlands (c. Feb 2017).Steamer service to revive navigation in Agra Canal after 143 years
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Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh L ...

'', 1 February 2017.

References

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Navigation restoration

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