Canal Stretch and Context

2001 2006

Agra canal with context of Delhi

• The British administration planned Agra Canal for irrigation, following a series of famines in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh regions in the 19th century. • The canal starts from Okhla Head, passes through Faridabad and Mathura, and carries water to Agra. A small portion of Bharatpur also gets water from this. • An excavation started in 1868 and the canal was officially opened in 1874 by Sir William Muir. • Initially, the channel was available for traffic, but was closed in 1904 in the absence of adequate number of users and the cost of working expenses were higher than the receipts. Source: Hindusthan Times

Agra canal defunct stretch and its precinct

From entire colony be constructed after 2000, to up gradation of Okhla waste management zone and addition of two new wings, there has allot of development which has happened. There has been drastic decrease in urban farming in just two decades as we see from comparison. There has been densification of Shaheen Bagh, Abul Fazal and other URC and UACs. DDA HIGs colonies which did not exist two decades before were constructed from scratch. There are three such colonies. Independent gated colonies in Jasola have also come forth. Sprawl by Jasola village is also seen, which have grown by the depletion of agricultural land.

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