2007-08-06 07:17:28 · 5 answers · asked by jaswanth k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Damodar River is knwown as the "sorrow' of West Bengal as it used to flood many areas of Bardhaman, Hughli, Howrah and Medinipur districts. Even now the floods sometimes affect the lower Damodar Valley but the havoc it wreaked in earlier years is now a matter of history.
The floods were virtually an annual ritual but in some years the damage was probably more and so many of the great floods of the Damodar are recorded in history – 1770, 1855, 1866, 1873-74, 1875-76, 1884-85, 1891-92, 1897, 1900, 1907, 1913, 1927, 1930, 1935 and 1943. In four of these floods (1770, 1855, 1913 and 1943) most of Bardhaman town was flooded.
2007-08-06 08:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rivers Of West Bengal
2016-12-12 03:29:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Damodar River is know as the Sorrow of West Bengal in India. It was nick-named the Sorrow of West Bengal because of the large amounts of rain that it receieved. Because of the rain, it tended to flood often.
2007-08-06 07:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Damodar
Among the other major industries in Durgapur are: The Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC), Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL), Durgapur Chemicals Limited (DCL), Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Limited (BOGL), Phillips Carbon Black Limited (PCBL), ACC Babcock Limited (ABL), Durgapur Thermal Power Station (DTPS), etc. Of them, DPL and DTPS are Durgapur's main source of power. DTPS is in fact a part of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), which is a string of 5 dams and 2 power plants located along the river Damodar. They were built to tame the mighty river, once known as the "river of sorrow", for the havoc it created during the floods in the rainy season
2007-08-06 19:23:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a challenging question, and one that made me curious for quite a long time.
2016-08-24 11:11:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋