railway bridge between Kiul junction
from scarcity of irrigation water. The
and Lakhisarai station, and is joined near
upper Kiul irrigation project has been
Rahughat by the Harohar (Halahar or
completed in 2004 with a command area
Harhobar), a continuation of the Sakhi
of 20000 Ha. It mainly benefitted Jamui
river. After this, it turns due east, and
and Munger District of Bihar.
falls into the Ganga near Surajgarha.
Until it meets the Harohar, the Kiul has
broad sandy bed, and in some places is
as much as half a km. wide, though it
contains very little water in summer. In
the course of its run, the river traverses a
total length of 111 km., and drains an
area of 16,580 sq. km.
Upper Kiul Dam.
(Image source INDIA-WRIS)\
The Mokamah group of Tals lies in the
Kanhar river :
Kiul-Harohar river basin, and extends
The Kanhar river is a tributary of the
over an area of 1062 sq. km. It is a
Son river, and flows through the States
saucer shaped depression, extending
of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttar
from Fatwa in west to Lakhisarai in the
Pradesh.
east. Its width varies from 6 to 17 km.,
The river originates at Gidha-Dhodha on
and runs close to and sub-parallel to the
the Khudia plateau in Jashpur district of
right bank of the Ganga. The Harohar
Chhattisgarh. The origin point of this
river, which is the main outlet channel
river is 1012 m. high. It initially flows
for the Tal area, flows eastward and
north,
drains into the Kiul river. The entire Tal
Garhwa district in Palamau division of
area undergoes submergence every year
Jharkhand. Thereafter, it flows for about
during the monsoon period from June till
100 km. through Surguja district of
September. At the end of the monsoon,
Chhattisgarh.
the agricultural activities in the upper
parallel to the Son in Garhwa district in
catchment of Kiul-harohar used to suffer
Mirzapur division of Uttar Pradesh. It
forming
the
boundary
Subsequently,
it
with
runs
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