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Fig. 7.4
Typical section of regulator
Photograph 7.7
Excavation of Feeder Canal in progress (1966)
working area had been successfully encountered and construction works completed
in time.
Concreting works of the main barrage were completed in 1969. The steel gates
and hoist structures were erected in 1970 and the rail-cum-road bridge completed in
1972. The excavation of the canal took three more years. The barrage was ready for
commissioning in April 1975. The dream of Sir Arthur Cotton in 1853, the views
of Indian and foreign experts, spanning more than a century, technical guidelines
and advice of the German expert, Sir Walter Hensen in 1957 and tireless efforts
of hundreds of engineers, technicians and workers since 1962 came to a fruition
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