The Wazirabad barrage or Wazirabad bridge,I. Mohan, 1992
Environment and Urban Development: A Critical Evaluation of Slums
built in 1959 is a 1,491 ft long

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across

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, in north

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Workshop, Role of Gates and their Control in Water Resources
Central Board of Irrigation and Power India.1959
Civic Affairs
Volume 7, Issues 1-6, Page 51. ITO barrage and Okhla barrage are 2 downstream barrages in Delhi and are managed by

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and UP respectively,Okhla barrage to be shut at night for 45 days.

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, 20 Sept 2017.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 348.1967
Annual Research Memoirs
- Central Water and Power Research Station (India)]Too many cooks spoil the broth

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, 29 March 2016. whereas the Wazirabad barrage is under the management of Delhi govt.

History

It was built in 1959 to supply drinking water to the city of Delhi.

Technical details

It is a 1,491 ft long barrage with 6 under-sluices of 60 ft each on the right side and a 17 bays spillway of 58 ft each. The top of the spillway is 4 ft. higher than the under-sluices. There is a concrete floor flexible apron, both upstream and down-stream.

Proposal for New Wazirabad barrage

A March 2013 proposal for Delhi envisages building a "New Wazirabad barrage" 8 km north of the current barrage, that will utilize the existing eastern and western boundary margins of the current barrage, will serve as the bridge over the Yamuna and flanks will serve as road expressways.Regional plan
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Navigation restoration

This barrage on Yaumna is part of National Waterway NW110, one of India's 111 National Waterways. The barrage lies on the Delhi-Faridabad Yaumna waterway, from Wazirabad barrage in north Delhi to Palla barrage in north

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via ITO barrage and Okhla barrage.Yamuna water link may get govt nod

, 6 April 2016.

Bird Sanctuary

The Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary lies in the vicinity. The 51 km-long Najafgarh drain (named after

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1723–82) starts at Dhansa and joins the Yamuna river just downstream of Wazirabad barrage. Sanctuary has helped in the improvement in water quality, restoration of

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and in providing wetland for the migratory

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.Don't cloud the issue – USHA RAI looks at some success stories in rainwater harvesting that should convince those of us who are still sceptical
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/ref>Groundwater to be recharged at Najafgarh, Mungeshwar drains
, 10 March 2007, The Indian Express

Concerns

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to Wazirabad barrage, travels by carrying "reasonably good quality" water. Between Wazirabad and Okhla barrage, 15 drains discharge sewage rendering the water quality after Wazirabad barrage severely polluted with

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(BOD) values ranging from 14 to 28 mg/L and high coliform content. Causes of pollution are municipal disposal sites, run-off from the commercial and industrial sites, soil erosion resulting from deforestation occurring to make way for agriculture along with resulting chemical wash-off from petrochemical fertilizers,

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References

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