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	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The word means,in Indian laguages, "eye of the peacock" , mayur/mor means peacock and Akshi is eye). <ref name=‘mayur1’>{{cite web\| url = https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mayurakshi-river \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= \|publisher= Academic Accelerator \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name= ‘mayur2’>{{cite web\| url = https://deoghar.co/mayurakshi-river-massanjore-dam/ \| title= Mayurakshi River Deoghar-Massanjore Dam \| work= Updated 5 July 2023 \|publisher=Deoghar \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		The word means,in Indian laguages, "eye of the peacock", mayur/mor means peacock and Akshi is eye. <ref name=‘mayur1’>{{cite web\| url = https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mayurakshi-river \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= \|publisher= Academic Accelerator \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name= ‘mayur2’>{{cite web\| url = https://deoghar.co/mayurakshi-river-massanjore-dam/ \| title= Mayurakshi River Deoghar-Massanjore Dam \| work= Updated 5 July 2023 \|publisher=Deoghar \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==
	Mayurakshi River originates from the Trikut Hill, about 16 km (10 miles) away from [[Deoghar]]. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It flows for 250 km (160 miles) through the [[Deoghar district\|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district\|Dumka]] districts in Jharkhand and [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts of West Bengal before joining the [[Hooghly River\|Bhagirathi]].<ref name= ‘mayur2’/>		Mayurakshi River originates from the Trikut Hill, about 16 km (10 miles) away from [[Deoghar]]. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It flows for 250 km (160 miles) through the [[Deoghar district\|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district\|Dumka]] districts in Jharkhand and [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts of West Bengal before joining the [[Hooghly River\|Bhagirathi]].<ref name= ‘mayur2’/>

	The Mayurakshi River Basin covers 9,596 sq km.<ref name= ‘mayur3’>{{cite web\| url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-2839-4#Sec2 \| title= Drainage basin morphometry and evaluating its role in flood-inducing capacity of tributary rivers of Mayurakshi River, India\| work= Aznarul Islam & Suman Deb Barman \|publisher= Springer Link \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		The Mayurakshi River Basin covers 9,596 sq km.<ref name= ‘mayur3’>{{cite web\| url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-2839-4#Sec2 \| title= Drainage basin morphometry and evaluating its role in flood-inducing capacity of tributary rivers of Mayurakshi River, India\| work= Aznarul Islam & Suman Deb Barman \|publisher= Springer Link \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>
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	Brahmani]], [[Dwarka River\|Dwaraka]], [[Bakreshwar River\|Bakreswar]] and [[Kopai River\|Kopai]] rivers.<ref name=‘mayur1’/>		Brahmani]], [[Dwarka River\|Dwaraka]], [[Bakreshwar River\|Bakreswar]] and [[Kopai River\|Kopai]] rivers.<ref name=‘mayur1’/>

	In ''Boatman Tarini'' [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the eminent author, wrote, “The Mayurakshi is famous for its strong current. For seven or eight months in the year the river is a desert – sands stretching from shore to shore for a mile and a half. But when the rains come, she is terrible, demoniac. She races along, four to five miles wide, her deep grey water swamping everything within reach. Then comes once in a while the Harpa flood, when the water, six to seven cubits deep, rushes into villages nearby and washes away homes and granaries and all else in its way. This does not happen very often though.” <ref> ''Boatman Tarini'', translated by Hilren Mukerjee. ''Contemporary Indian Short Stories'', Series II, Sahitya Akademi. </ref>		In ''Boatman Tarini'', [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the eminent author, wrote, “The Mayurakshi is famous for its strong current. For seven or eight months in the year the river is a desert – sands stretching from shore to shore for a mile and a half. But when the rains come, she is terrible, demoniac. She races along, four to five miles wide, her deep grey water swamping everything within reach. Then comes once in a while the Harpa flood, when the water, six to seven cubits deep, rushes into villages nearby and washes away homes and granaries and all else in its way. This does not happen very often though.” <ref> ''Boatman Tarini'', translated by Hilren Mukerjee. ''Contemporary Indian Short Stories'', Series II, Sahitya Akademi. </ref>

	==Floods==		==Floods==
	[[File:Mayurakhshi River, Dumka (Jharkhand).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Mayurakshi River in ~~Duma~~ district, Jharkhand]]		[[File:Mayurakhshi River, Dumka (Jharkhand).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Mayurakshi River in Dumka district, Jharkhand]]
	Floods are a recurring feature and the Mayurakshi river basin is one of the most flooded areas in the country.<ref name= ‘mayur3’/>		Floods are a recurring feature and the Mayurakshi river basin is one of the most flooded areas in the country.<ref name= ‘mayur3’/>

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	==Tilpara Barrage==		==Tilpara Barrage==
	[[File:Tilpara Barrage.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Tilpara Barrage]]		[[File:Tilpara Barrage.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Tilpara Barrage]]
	It is located near [[Suri]] and is 309 meters (1,013 ft) long. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It has a catchment of 3,208 sq km. The main canal on the left is 16.62 km long and that on the right is 22.53 km long. These irrigate 2,26,629 Ha of the [[ Kharif crop]] and 20,250 Ha of the [[Rabi crop]] in the [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Purba Bardhaman district\|Purba Badhaman]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts. <ref name=‘mayur4’>{{cite web\| url = https://wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/mayurakshi\| title= Irrigation Section \| work= Tilpara Barrage \|publisher= Irrigation and Waterways department, Goovernment of West Bengal \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		It is located near [[Suri]] and is 309 meters (1,013 ft) long. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It has a catchment of 3,208 sq km. The main canal on the left is 16.62 km long and that on the right is 22.53 km long. These irrigate 2,26,629 Ha of the [[Kharif crop]] and 20,250 Ha of the [[Rabi crop]] in the [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Purba Bardhaman district\|Purba Badhaman]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts. <ref name=‘mayur4’>{{cite web\| url = https://wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/mayurakshi\| title= Irrigation Section \| work= Tilpara Barrage \|publisher= Irrigation and Waterways department, Goovernment of West Bengal \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

	Other weirs/ barrages in this basin are the Bakreswar Weir, Kopai Barrage, Dwaraka Weir and Brahmani Barrage. <ref name=‘mayur4’/>		Other weirs/ barrages in this basin are the Bakreswar Weir, Kopai Barrage, Dwaraka Weir and Brahmani Barrage. <ref name=‘mayur4’/>
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	==References==		==References==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	[[List of rivers of India]]		[[List of rivers of India]]

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	==References==		==References==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	[[List of rivers of India]]		[[List of rivers of India]]

	~~{{Coord\|23.971195\|N\|87.480354\|E\|display=title}}~~

	==References==		==References==

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	==Irrigation and Power Generation==		==Irrigation and Power Generation==
	Massanjore dam has resulted in irrigation of some 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) and generation of 2,000 kW of electric power. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.liquisearch.com/mayurakshi_river/irrigation_and_power \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= Irrigation and Power \|publisher= liquisearch \| access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>		Massanjore dam has resulted in the irrigation of some 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) and generation of 2,000 kW of electric power. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.liquisearch.com/mayurakshi_river/irrigation_and_power \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= Irrigation and Power \|publisher= liquisearch \| access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	[[List of rivers of India]]		[[List of rivers of India]]

			{{Coord\|23.971195\|N\|87.480354\|E\|display=title}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	~~==External links==~~
	{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}		{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
	{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}		{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

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	Many storm-fed rivers on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] flow down into West Bengal and cause devastating floods. That is so true for the Mayurakshi. For ages the Mayurakshi has been causing havoc in its basin. “Annual rainfall in this basin varies between 765 and 1,607 mm (30 to 63 inches) with an average precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 inches), 80% of which occurs during the monsoon season from June to September.” <ref name=‘mayur1’/>		Many storm-fed rivers on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] flow down into West Bengal and cause devastating floods. That is so true for the Mayurakshi. For ages the Mayurakshi has been causing havoc in its basin. “Annual rainfall in this basin varies between 765 and 1,607 mm (30 to 63 inches) with an average precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 inches), 80% of which occurs during the monsoon season from June to September.” <ref name=‘mayur1’/>

	In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]]washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>		In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]] washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>

	Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ‘mayur3’/>		Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ‘mayur3’/>

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	In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]]washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>		In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]]washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>

	In 1978, 72 consecutive hours of concentrated rain fell on the western basin of the Bhagirathi River. The flood from the Pagra Bansuloy to the Ajay river caused a very huge amount of flooding, almost all the eastern banks of the Bhagirathi river were washed away, and the entire Nadia district, most of the Murshidabad district, the northern part of the North 24 Parganas district. was flooded. It was flooded and was under water for a long time.

	Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ‘mayur3’/>		Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ‘mayur3’/>

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| mouth_location = Bhagirathi River, Murshidabad district, West Bengal
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'''Mayurakshi River''' (also called Mor River) is an important river in [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|states]] of [[Jharkhand]] and [[West Bengal]].

==Etymology==
The word means,in Indian laguages, "eye of the peacock" , mayur/mor means peacock and Akshi is eye). <ref name=‘mayur1’>{{cite web| url = https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mayurakshi-river | title= Mayurakshi River | work= |publisher= Academic Accelerator | access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name= ‘mayur2’>{{cite web| url = https://deoghar.co/mayurakshi-river-massanjore-dam/ | title= Mayurakshi River Deoghar-Massanjore Dam | work= Updated 5 July 2023 |publisher=Deoghar | access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mayurakshi River originates from the Trikut Hill, about 16 km (10 miles) away from [[Deoghar]]. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It flows for 250 km (160 miles) through the [[Deoghar district|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district|Dumka]] districts in Jharkhand and [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] and [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] districts of West Bengal before joining the [[Hooghly River|Bhagirathi]].<ref name= ‘mayur2’/>

The Mayurakshi River Basin covers 9,596 sq km.<ref name= ‘mayur3’>{{cite web| url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-2839-4#Sec2 | title= Drainage basin morphometry and evaluating its role in flood-inducing capacity of tributary rivers of Mayurakshi River, India| work= Aznarul Islam & Suman Deb Barman |publisher= Springer Link | access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

The tributaries of the Mayurakshi River are: [[Brahmani River (Birbhum)|
Brahmani]], [[Dwarka River|Dwaraka]], [[Bakreshwar River|Bakreswar]] and [[Kopai River|Kopai]] rivers.<ref name=‘mayur1’/>

In ''Boatman Tarini'' [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the eminent author, wrote, “The Mayurakshi is famous for its strong current. For seven or eight months in the year the river is a desert – sands stretching from shore to shore for a mile and a half. But when the rains come, she is terrible, demoniac. She races along, four to five miles wide, her deep grey water swamping everything within reach. Then comes once in a while the Harpa flood, when the water, six to seven cubits deep, rushes into villages nearby and washes away homes and granaries and all else in its way. This does not happen very often though.” <ref> ''Boatman Tarini'', translated by Hilren Mukerjee. ''Contemporary Indian Short Stories'', Series II, Sahitya Akademi. </ref>

==Floods==
[[File:Mayurakhshi River, Dumka (Jharkhand).jpg|thumb|300px|Mayurakshi River in Duma district, Jharkhand]]
Floods are a recurring feature and the Mayurakshi river basin is one of the most flooded areas in the country.<ref name= ‘mayur3’/>

Many storm-fed rivers on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] flow down into West Bengal and cause devastating floods. That is so true for the Mayurakshi. For ages the Mayurakshi has been causing havoc in its basin. “Annual rainfall in this basin varies between 765 and 1,607 mm (30 to 63 inches) with an average precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 inches), 80% of which occurs during the monsoon season from June to September.” <ref name=‘mayur1’/>

In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River|Ajay]]washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>

In 1978, 72 consecutive hours of concentrated rain fell on the western basin of the Bhagirathi River. The flood from the Pagra Bansuloy to the Ajay river caused a very huge amount of flooding, almost all the eastern banks of the Bhagirathi river were washed away, and the entire Nadia district, most of the Murshidabad district, the northern part of the North 24 Parganas district. was flooded. It was flooded and was under water for a long time.

Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ‘mayur3’/>

==Massanjore Dam==
[[File:Massanjore Dam.jpg|thumb|300px|Massanjore dam]]
From the counterpart rupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India, Canada devoted those rupees to the further development of the Mayurakshi dam project. Lester B. Pearson, foreign minister of Canada inaugurated the Massanjore Dam in 1956. The 47 meters (155 feet) high and 660 meters (2,170 feet) long dam has a reservoir that covers an area of 67.4 sq km (16,650 acres) when full and has a storage capacity of 617 million cubic meters (500,210 acre feet).<ref name=‘mayur1’/>

==Tilpara Barrage==
[[File:Tilpara Barrage.jpg|thumb|300px|Tilpara Barrage]]
It is located near [[Suri]] and is 309 meters (1,013 ft) long. <ref name=‘mayur1’/>It has a catchment of 3,208 sq km. The main canal on the left is 16.62 km long and that on the right is 22.53 km long. These irrigate 2,26,629 Ha of the [[ Kharif crop]] and 20,250 Ha of the [[Rabi crop]] in the [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]], [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Badhaman]] and [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] districts. <ref name=‘mayur4’>{{cite web| url = https://wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/mayurakshi| title= Irrigation Section | work= Tilpara Barrage |publisher= Irrigation and Waterways department, Goovernment of West Bengal | access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

Other weirs/ barrages in this basin are the Bakreswar Weir, Kopai Barrage, Dwaraka Weir and Brahmani Barrage. <ref name=‘mayur4’/>

==Irrigation and Power Generation==
Massanjore dam has resulted in irrigation of some 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) and generation of 2,000 kW of electric power. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.liquisearch.com/mayurakshi_river/irrigation_and_power | title= Mayurakshi River | work= Irrigation and Power |publisher= liquisearch | access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
[[List of rivers of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

[[Category:Rivers of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]

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	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The word means,in Indian laguages, "eye of the peacock", mayur/mor means peacock and Akshi is eye. <ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~>{{cite web\| url = https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mayurakshi-river \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= \|publisher= Academic Accelerator \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name= ~~‘mayur2’~~>{{cite web\| url = https://deoghar.co/mayurakshi-river-massanjore-dam/ \| title= Mayurakshi River Deoghar-Massanjore Dam \| work= Updated 5 July 2023 \|publisher=Deoghar \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		The word means,in Indian laguages, "eye of the peacock", mayur/mor means peacock and Akshi is eye.<ref name="mayur1">{{cite web\| url = https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/mayurakshi-river \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= \|publisher= Academic Accelerator \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref><ref name= "mayur2">{{cite web\| url = https://deoghar.co/mayurakshi-river-massanjore-dam/ \| title= Mayurakshi River Deoghar-Massanjore Dam \| work= Updated 5 July 2023 \|publisher=Deoghar \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==
	Mayurakshi River originates from the Trikut Hill, about 16 km (10 miles) away from [[Deoghar]]. <ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>It flows for 250 km (160 miles) through the [[Deoghar district\|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district\|Dumka]] districts in Jharkhand and [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts of West Bengal before joining the [[Hooghly River\|Bhagirathi]].<ref name= ~~‘mayur2’~~/>		Mayurakshi River originates from the Trikut Hill, about 16 km (10 miles) away from [[Deoghar]].<ref name="mayur1"/> It flows for 250 km (160 miles) through the [[Deoghar district\|Deoghar]] and [[Dumka district\|Dumka]] districts in Jharkhand and [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts of West Bengal before joining the [[Hooghly River\|Bhagirathi]].<ref name= "mayur2"/>

	The Mayurakshi River Basin covers 9,596 sq km.<ref name= ~~‘mayur3’~~>{{cite web\| url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-2839-4#Sec2 \| title= Drainage basin morphometry and evaluating its role in flood-inducing capacity of tributary rivers of Mayurakshi River, India\| work= Aznarul Islam & Suman Deb Barman \|publisher= Springer Link \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		The Mayurakshi River Basin covers 9,596 sq km.<ref name= "mayur3">{{cite web\| url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-020-2839-4#Sec2 \| title= Drainage basin morphometry and evaluating its role in flood-inducing capacity of tributary rivers of Mayurakshi River, India\| work= Aznarul Islam & Suman Deb Barman \|publisher= Springer Link \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

	The tributaries of the Mayurakshi River are: [[Brahmani River (Birbhum)\|		The tributaries of the Mayurakshi River are: [[Brahmani River (Birbhum)\|
	Brahmani]], [[Dwarka River\|Dwaraka]], [[Bakreshwar River\|Bakreswar]] and [[Kopai River\|Kopai]] rivers.<ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>		Brahmani]], [[Dwarka River\|Dwaraka]], [[Bakreshwar River\|Bakreswar]] and [[Kopai River\|Kopai]] rivers.<ref name="mayur1"/>

	In ''Boatman Tarini'', [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the eminent author, wrote, “The Mayurakshi is famous for its strong current. For seven or eight months in the year the river is a desert – sands stretching from shore to shore for a mile and a half. But when the rains come, she is terrible, demoniac. She races along, four to five miles wide, her deep grey water swamping everything within reach. Then comes once in a while the Harpa flood, when the water, six to seven cubits deep, rushes into villages nearby and washes away homes and granaries and all else in its way. This does not happen very often though.” <ref> ''Boatman Tarini'', translated by Hilren Mukerjee. ''Contemporary Indian Short Stories'', Series II, Sahitya Akademi. </ref>		In ''Boatman Tarini'', [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the eminent author, wrote, “The Mayurakshi is famous for its strong current. For seven or eight months in the year the river is a desert – sands stretching from shore to shore for a mile and a half. But when the rains come, she is terrible, demoniac. She races along, four to five miles wide, her deep grey water swamping everything within reach. Then comes once in a while the Harpa flood, when the water, six to seven cubits deep, rushes into villages nearby and washes away homes and granaries and all else in its way. This does not happen very often though.” <ref>''Boatman Tarini'', translated by Hilren Mukerjee. ''Contemporary Indian Short Stories'', Series II, Sahitya Akademi.</ref>

	==Floods==		==Floods==
	[[File:Mayurakhshi River, Dumka (Jharkhand).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Mayurakshi River in Dumka district, Jharkhand]]		[[File:Mayurakhshi River, Dumka (Jharkhand).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Mayurakshi River in Dumka district, Jharkhand]]
	Floods are a recurring feature and the Mayurakshi river basin is one of the most flooded areas in the country.<ref name= ~~‘mayur3’~~/>		Floods are a recurring feature and the Mayurakshi river basin is one of the most flooded areas in the country.<ref name= "mayur3"/>

	Many storm-fed rivers on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] flow down into West Bengal and cause devastating floods. That is so true for the Mayurakshi. For ages the Mayurakshi has been causing havoc in its basin. “Annual rainfall in this basin varies between 765 and 1,607 mm (30 to 63 inches) with an average precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 inches), 80% of which occurs during the monsoon season from June to September.” <ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>		Many storm-fed rivers on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] flow down into West Bengal and cause devastating floods. That is so true for the Mayurakshi. For ages the Mayurakshi has been causing havoc in its basin. “Annual rainfall in this basin varies between 765 and 1,607 mm (30 to 63 inches) with an average precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 inches), 80% of which occurs during the monsoon season from June to September.” <ref name="mayur1"/>

	In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]] washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000. <ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>		In 1978, with 72 hours of heavy rainfall, the floods caused by all rivers from the [[Bansloi River\|Bansloi]] to the [[Ajay River\|Ajay]] washed away the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly River\|Bhairathi]] causing enormous damage in the [[Nadia district\|Nadia]], [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] and [[North 24 Parganas district\|North 24 Paganas]] districts. It was followed by floods in 1998, 1999 and 2000.<ref name="mayur1"/>

	Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”. <ref name= ~~‘mayur3’~~/>		Floods in the Damodar-Ajay-Mayurashi system are well known and affect the lives of people. It must be noted that in addition to the causes noted above, drainage congestion is another reason for the floods. Anthropogenic activities like construction of barrages, embankments and sand mining have an effect on the intensity and frequency of floods, particularly of the Dwaraka, a tributary of the Mayurakshi, which itself is adding to the adverse effects with channel derangement. Flood frequency in the Mayurakshi basin has increased with the construction of the Tilpara barrage. Based on a 75-year old data about rainfall and floods, it is observed that “flood of Lower Mayurakshi River has changed its character from the high magnitude low-frequency event to low magnitude high-frequency event due to controlled river regime by dams and barrages”.<ref name= "mayur3"/>

	==Massanjore Dam==		==Massanjore Dam==
	[[File:Massanjore Dam.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Massanjore dam]]		[[File:Massanjore Dam.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Massanjore dam]]
	From the counterpart rupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India, Canada devoted those rupees to the further development of the Mayurakshi dam project. Lester B. Pearson, foreign minister of Canada inaugurated the Massanjore Dam in 1956. The 47 meters (155 feet) high and 660 meters (2,170 feet) long dam has a reservoir that covers an area of 67.4 sq km (16,650 acres) when full and has a storage capacity of 617 million cubic meters (500,210 acre feet).<ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>		From the counterpart rupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India, Canada devoted those rupees to the further development of the Mayurakshi dam project. Lester B. Pearson, foreign minister of Canada inaugurated the Massanjore Dam in 1956. The 47 meters (155 feet) high and 660 meters (2,170 feet) long dam has a reservoir that covers an area of 67.4 sq km (16,650 acres) when full and has a storage capacity of 617 million cubic meters (500,210 acre feet).<ref name="mayur1"/>

	==Tilpara Barrage==		==Tilpara Barrage==
	[[File:Tilpara Barrage.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Tilpara Barrage]]		[[File:Tilpara Barrage.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Tilpara Barrage]]
	It is located near [[Suri]] and is 309 meters (1,013 ft) long. <ref name=~~‘mayur1’~~/>It has a catchment of 3,208 sq km. The main canal on the left is 16.62 km long and that on the right is 22.53 km long. These irrigate 2,26,629 Ha of the [[Kharif crop]] and 20,250 Ha of the [[Rabi crop]] in the [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Purba Bardhaman district\|Purba Badhaman]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts. <ref name=~~‘mayur4’~~>{{cite web\| url = https://wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/mayurakshi\| title= Irrigation Section \| work= Tilpara Barrage \|publisher= Irrigation and Waterways department, Goovernment of West Bengal \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>		It is located near [[Suri]] and is 309 meters (1,013 ft) long.<ref name="mayur1"/> It has a catchment of 3,208 sq km. The main canal on the left is 16.62 km long and that on the right is 22.53 km long. These irrigate 2,26,629 Ha of the [[Kharif crop]] and 20,250 Ha of the [[Rabi crop]] in the [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Purba Bardhaman district\|Purba Badhaman]] and [[Murshidabad district\|Murshidabad]] districts.<ref name="mayur4">{{cite web\| url = https://wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/mayurakshi\| title= Irrigation Section \| work= Tilpara Barrage \|publisher= Irrigation and Waterways department, Goovernment of West Bengal \| access-date = 12 July 2023}}</ref>

	Other weirs/ barrages in this basin are the Bakreswar Weir, Kopai Barrage, Dwaraka Weir and Brahmani Barrage. <ref name=~~‘mayur4’~~/>		Other weirs/ barrages in this basin are the Bakreswar Weir, Kopai Barrage, Dwaraka Weir and Brahmani Barrage.<ref name="mayur4"/>

	==Irrigation and Power Generation==		==Irrigation and Power Generation==
	Massanjore dam has resulted in the irrigation of some 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) and generation of 2,000 kW of electric power. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.liquisearch.com/mayurakshi_river/irrigation_and_power \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= Irrigation and Power \|publisher= liquisearch \| access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>		Massanjore dam has resulted in the irrigation of some 600,000 acres (2,400 km²) and generation of 2,000 kW of electric power.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.liquisearch.com/mayurakshi_river/irrigation_and_power \| title= Mayurakshi River \| work= Irrigation and Power \|publisher= liquisearch \| access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==