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| [[File:কংসাবতী জলাধার, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত। Kangsavati Reservoir, West Bengal, India.jpg|thumb|right|Kangsavati Reservoir, West Bengal, India]]
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| The '''Kangsabati Project''', also often referred to as the '''Kangsabati Irrigation Project''' and The '''Kangsabati Reservoir Project,''' is a project started in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] in 1956 as part of the Indian Second Five-year Plan to provide water to 3,484.77 km² of land in the districts of [[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur]], [[Bankura District|Bankura]], and [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dvlp.com/temp/water_irrigation/irrigation_sector/major/kangsabati.htm |title=Irrigation & Waterways Dept - Irrigation Sector - Major Irrigation Projects - Kangasbati<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=6 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827203542/http://www.dvlp.com/temp/water_irrigation/irrigation_sector/major/kangsabati.htm |archive-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It involves irrigation land using water from the [[Kangsabati River]], as well as the Shilaboti and the Bhoirobbanki rivers.
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| As part of the Project, a 38 m high and 10,098 m long [[dam]] was constructed at [[Khatra]]. An anicut dam built on the Kangsabati River near [[Midnapore]] in 1872 was also added to the operations of the project.<ref>[http://www.abasar.net/bk_main.asp?what=B00053 Bharatkosh<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024419/http://www.abasar.net/bk_main.asp?what=B00053 |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
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| [[Category:Agriculture in West Bengal]]
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