Mundeswari River

Mundeswari River
Location
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
Physical characteristics
SourceDamodar River
 • locationBardhaman district, West Bengal
Discharge 
 • locationRupnarayan River

Mundeswari river is a small river in West Bengal which causes floods in Hooghly, Purba Medinipur and Howrah districts during the monsoons. Any discharge above 2,000 cubic metres per second (70,000 cu ft/s) downstream of Durgapur Barrage occasionally causes the river to flood.[1] It has been suggested that the banks of rivers such as the Mundeswari should be protected with embankments to prevent floods.[2]

  1. ^ "Flood management". Irrigation & Waterways Dept., Govt. of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
  2. ^ Asim Roy, Basudeb Day. "Damodar Valley Project: Success and Failures, Myths and Reality". Documents and submissions. The World Commission of Dams. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007.