confluences with the Son river to the
Sugawaman
northeast of the village of Kota on the
Sonebhadra district.
border of Satna and Son dist. It has a
rocky bed almost throughout its course.
The river has a rapid mountain torrent
flowing through forested area.
The tributaries of the Kanhar river are
Theme, Lanva, Pandu, Goita, Hathinala,
Suria, Chana, Sendur, Kursa, Galphulla,
Semarkhar, Riger, Cherna nala etc. The
river forms a catchment area of 3030sq.
in
tehsil
Dudhi
of
Kanhar Irrigation Project is located
downstream of the confluence of River
Pagan and Kanhar near village Sugawan
of District Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh. It
was originally approved by the Central
Water Commission in 1976. As per a
progress report of the project for 199899, the construction work is completely
km.
abandoned since 1989-90. Since then,
A number of waterfalls are located along
there are numerous occasions when the
the track of the river. Paval falls near
project was inaugurated. However, no
Kothali village (Balarampur) is of about
work could be taken up. Recently on
61 m. Gursindhu falls is located in
5th December, 2014 after a span of 25
Chinia community block, some 40 km.
years, inauguration of construction of the
from Garhwa. Sukhdari falls is 30 m.
dam started without a fresh proper cost
high and is located near the meeting
benefit analysis and Environment Impact
point of the border of Chattisgarh,
Assessment
or
Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Assessment,
the
Kanhar
Hydroelectric
project
and
Social
Impact
commencement
of
project activities is making way for a
Kanhar river development scheme are
large social unrest.
centered on Kanhar reservoir at Baradih
The project proposes a 3.003 km long
in Garhwa district. There is another
dam/reservoir near Chinia village. The
Kanhar Sinchal Pariyojana is located
downstream of the confluence of Pagan
river with the Kanhar near village
earthen dam having a maximum height
of 39.90 m from deepest bed level which
may be increased to 52.90 m if linked to
Rihand reservoir. The project envisages
submergence of 4131.5 Ha of tribal land
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