Only a Barrage Can Save! - The Ganga: Water Use in the Indian Subcontinent - page 84

Photograph 7.1 The 'bore' hits a jetty
Photograph 7.2 Congestion of ships in the Kidderpore Docks during the bore tide restrictions in
the port of Calcutta
cause congestion of shipping in the protected dock area. Photographs 7.1, 7.2 and
7.3, show the bore tide hitting a jetty, congestion of ships in the Kidderpore dock
and congestion of ships in the King George's dock respectively.
The department also studied the effect of siltation on the tides and loss of energy.
It was found that in 1917, peak losses of energy occurred in Chinsurah-Dumurdaha
section, between 26 and 34 nautical miles, north of Kolkata while in 1955, these