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Farakka Barrage has been built to revitalize Calcutta port. Jagjivan Ram who inau-
gurated the project said in his address that it 'has become possible as a result of the
understanding and cooperation between our friendly neighbour Bangladesh and our
country'. Chief Minister, Siddhartha Shankar Roy in his address said, the dedica-
tion of the project to the nation on the auspicious day, 'is the redemption of a pledge
given to the people to revive the dying port of Calcutta'. The project symbolized
taming of Nature for benefit of people of two countries but the river had to adjust to
the changed conditions and circumstances in a geological time-frame beyond human
interference. The project got into the Guineas Book of Records as 'one of the largest
river control, management and water resources development projects of the world'.
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