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{{Short description|Irrigation canal near Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}}
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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.<ref>[http://irrigation.up.nic.in/achievements.htm Agra Canal Modernization Project] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318135145/http://irrigation.up.nic.in/achievements.htm |date=18 March 2008 }}</ref>

The canal receives its water from the [[Yamuna|Yamuna River]] at [[Okhla]], about {{convert|10|km}} to the south of New Delhi. The weir across the [[Yamuna]] was constructed of locally quarried stone.<ref name="jones"/> It was about {{convert|800|yd}} long, and rises seven feet above the summer level of the river.

From [[Okhla]] the canal follows a route south then southeast for {{convert|140| miles|km}} in the high land between the Khari-Nadi and the [[Yamuna]] and finally joins the <!--Banganga-->Utanga River about {{convert|27| miles|km}} below Agra.<ref name="jones">{{cite book |last1=Jones, R.E. |first1=Major H. Helshman |title=Professional Papers on Indian Engineering, Volume 3 |date=1874 |publisher=Thomason College Press |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjRFAQAAMAAJ&q=agra+canal&pg=PA302 |access-date=28 December 2018}}</ref> Navigable branches connect the canal with [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]] and [[Agra]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Agra Canal}}.</ref>
The canal irrigates about {{convert| {{lakh|1.5}} |ha}} in [[Agra]], and [[Mathura]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Faridabad]] in [[Haryana]], [[Bharatpur district|Bharatpur]] in [[Rajasthan]] and also some parts of Delhi.

==History==
The canal opened in the year 1874. In the beginning, it was available for navigation, in Delhi, erstwhile [[Gurgaon]], [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]] and [[Agra District|Agra]] Districts, and [[Bharatpur State]]. Later, navigation was stopped in 1904 and the canal has, since then, been exclusively used for irrigation purposes only. At present, the canal does not flow in Gurgaon district, but only in [[Faridabad]], which was earlier a part of Gurgaon.

In recent times, Agra canal is an important landmark which separates [[Neharpar|Greater Faridabad]] from [[Faridabad]].

==References==
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{{Agra division topics}}
{{Hydrography of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Hydrography of Rajasthan}}

[[Category:Canals in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Agra district]]
[[Category:Yamuna River]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Delhi]]
[[Category:Canals in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Canals opened in 1874]]
[[Category:Canals in Haryana]]


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