Sarda Canal Construction Railway
Sarda Canal Construction Railway
The Sarda Canal was constructed by the United Provinces Irrigation Department in the Champawat District. The comprehensive irrigation scheme that irrigated the whole of north-west Oudh replaced a number of smaller irrigation canals. Headworks were built across the Sarda River at Banbassa and a number of secondary canals were built from the main canal [1].
Construction started in 1920-21 when the records show the first railway equipment, wagons and locomotives were obtained. A workshop and central store was established at Bareilly and fully operational by 1924-24.The records indicate that the system was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) railway. The wholme project was completed in 1928 [1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry UT02 page ....