'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎123v] (108/132)

Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Erosion.
BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
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most pronounced erosion, affecting bunds, took place north of Sukkur, 0 n th n
ir the 30th mile, 11th, and 6th miles of the Sukkur-Begari Bund, and S nh«!
c i „.*i» 4.1,„ flip Tjpft Bank. Thp la-Km. erosioi ^ Se ^ eri ^ T '
Breaches.
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The
Bank, near the 3Uth mile, inn, ana orn mnes ul ^ ^ U au, and suhson,
also in the 2nd mile of the Kasimpur Bund on the Left Lank. Ihe latter erosion w ^ g neilt L
rapid and threatened the Railway. " s Ve ty
In spite of the very great flood of 821,000 cusecs there were no breaches above If
and Sukkur and the important embankments there were maintained intact, but south ^
Kotri the flood levels exceeded previous records and several breaches took place. ^
principally in the Mulehand^Shahbunder Bunds on the Lelt Bank, but there was a ^
breach also on the Rmht Bank in the Baghar-Uchito Bund. ^lous
Loops under
construction.
The principal loops under construction are:—
(а) long Gbauspur loop for Kashmor bund;
(б) long Choi loop, and two small loops near 30 mile on Sukkur-Begari Bund •
(c) long Abad loop near 22 mile on Sukkur-Begari Bund ;
(d) the Sang Budka loop opposite Jherruck ;
(e) the Munarki loop also on the left bank.
Dredger “ Mud
lark.”
This dredger did very useful work at the mouth of the Eastern Nara Supply Chau
from December 1908 till March 1909 by clearing away silt at the mouth. This silt was bei
washed down in large quantities from, the Kasimpur erosion. ln §
Note ly the Chief Engineer, Irrigation, on the floods of 1908.
Exceptional and very heavy rain fell in July in Lower Sind and flooded the count
early in August a great flood came down the Indus, the level at Kotri being higher than ^
previously recorded. The river embankments on both sides of the Indus in the Lower bT/
were inadequate for the control of this flood and breaches occurred both through the colk ^ f
weak sluices and from the actual overtopping of the embankments by the flood water. I n Jf 6 , 0 {
places the overflowing of the waters was only prevented by means of earth hurriedly added tn h!
top of the bank. J 0 tne
As the country had already been flooded by the exceptional rain the damage caused bv tk
flood was much lees than would have otherwise been the case. ° ^
The river banks below Kotri were thus again proved insufficient and inadequate.
North of Sukkur, however, in spite of this great flood which, if not the largest on record
m^nt^nd^ ^ ^ greatest known in illtensi ty the river embankments were successfully
Length of lin 3 s
open.
Lines under
construction]!
Surveys.
Important works.
Chief events.
• i l v fh i? 1 le ?f h of ra ! way ope , n for traffic in the Bom W Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. was 4,244 miles,
including 68 miles ot line newly opened, viz., Manund Road vid Chansama to Harii 21-37
miles, Chansama to Bechrap (owned by the Baroda Oarbai- and worked by the B. B & C. I.
"“ l * °«* ■“ *—r -
•r l’ PJ ev ^ ou % for construction, work was in progress on (1) the
AWhiml H (bmsd r Brarl t h o £ t i| e G -.h J i Railwa y (from Kurla to Mazagaon with a link to
kberaiu’to b Dabbfrf’t 8 miles; ; 2 fi ) tBe extension of the Gaekwar’s Mehsdna Railways from
3. The following surveys were completed during 1908 :
Ad'blmile- nn’tlfo fr ° m . Kal 7^ n Leldpur and Panvel to Karjat,
Pen to Ndgothna, 37*07 m°iles. gaUg0; aild ^ & reconnais8auce sur vey from Chowk via
The following surveys were in progress :
on the fLffrii!irvv iled - 6UrVey ? t0 f. the P ro P ose(J Bombay-Sind Connection Railway
sjr axs “
mSna ITutes Kailuay-ia) from Sihor to
ita a, 17 mues, ana, (5) from Shahpur to Kutiyana, 30 miles, both on the metre gauge.
overbrid^neT/th^Ch 111 T* 3 ? om P leted dur ing the year, was the construction of aa
work of doubhnff'the C f 5 p le p ve ?; cross * n g °“ t 11 ? B - B - & C. I. Railway in Bombay, and the
ix or doubling the G. I. P. Railway from Karla to Poona, 34-50 miles.
adopted lil 0 ; 1 ' Ra l Iw ¥ Sy , Stem the revised sea,e of coaching and goods rates, as
BaiLayr^eS^Mhufmf ^ th ° ^ Valley - d the "Ahmekabad-Dholka
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