Editing Ganges (section)

===Dams and barrages===
A major [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] at Farakka was opened on 21 April 1975,{{sfn|Brichieri-Colombi|Bradnock|2003}} It is located close to the point where the main flow of the river enters Bangladesh, and the tributary Hooghly (also known as Bhagirathi) continues in West Bengal past
Kolkata. This barrage, which feeds the Hooghly branch of the river by a {{convert|26|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip|abbr=on}} long feeder canal, and its water flow management has been a long-lingering source of dispute with Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite journal | title=The Ganges Water Dispute: An Appraisal of a Third Party Settlement| author=M. Rafiqul Islam| journal=Asian Survey| year=1987| volume=27 | issue = 8| pages=918–34| doi=10.2307/2644864| jstor=2644864}}</ref> [[Sharing the water of the Ganges|Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Water Treaty]] signed in December 1996 addressed some of the water sharing issues between India and Bangladesh.{{sfn|Brichieri-Colombi|Bradnock|2003}} There is [[Lav Khush Barrage]] across the River Ganges in Kanpur.

[[Tehri Dam]] was constructed on [[Bhagirathi]] River, a tributary of the Ganges. It is located 1.5&nbsp;km downstream of Ganesh Prayag, the place where Bhilangana meets Bhagirathi. Bhagirathi is called the Ganges after Devprayag.{{sfn|Sharma|Bahuguna|Chauhan|2008}} Construction of the dam in an earthquake-prone area{{sfn|Brune|1993}} was controversial.<ref>{{cite journal| title=The dam that should not be built| author1=Fred Pearce| author2=Rob Butler| journal=New Scientist| date=26 January 1991| url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12917534.600--the-dam-that-should-not-be-built-india-is-building-the-largest-dam-in-asia-in-a-valley-beset-by-earthquakes-and-landslips-seismologists-say-the-site-is-too-dangerous-but-engineers-are-using-discredited-data-to-push-ahead-with-construction--.html| access-date=28 August 2017| archive-date=22 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022182636/http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12917534.600--the-dam-that-should-not-be-built-india-is-building-the-largest-dam-in-asia-in-a-valley-beset-by-earthquakes-and-landslips-seismologists-say-the-site-is-too-dangerous-but-engineers-are-using-discredited-data-to-push-ahead-with-construction--.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bansagar Dam]] was built on the [[Sone River]], a tributary of the Ganges for both irrigation and [[hydroelectric]] power generation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mowr.gov.in/writereaddata/linkimages/anu228556756739.pdf |title=Bansagar Dam project |access-date=27 April 2011 |publisher=Government of India Ministry of Water Sources |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111008223133/http://mowr.gov.in/writereaddata/linkimages/anu228556756739.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2011}}</ref> Ganges floodwaters along with Brahmaputra waters can be supplied to most of its right side basin area along with central and south India by constructing a [[coastal reservoir]] to store water on the Bay of Bengal sea area.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sasidhar |first=Nallapaneni |date=May 2023 |title=Multipurpose Freshwater Coastal Reservoirs and Their Role in Mitigating Climate Change |url=https://www.ijee.latticescipub.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/v3i1/A1842053123.pdf |access-date=15 August 2023 |journal=Indian Journal of Environment Engineering |issn=2582-9289 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=31–46 |doi=10.54105/ijee.A1842.053123 |s2cid=258753397 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611114313/https://www.ijee.latticescipub.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/v3i1/A1842053123.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>