Kali Nadi, East
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kali Nadi, East
(properly Kalindl, corrupted into Kali Nadi or black river' by Persian writers). — River of the United Provinces, flowing through the Districts of Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Allgarh, Etah, and Farrukhabad. It rises under the name of Nagan in Muzaffarnagar (29 degree 19' N., 77 degree 48' E.), but in this District as well as in Meerut its bed is ill-defined and often dry. In Bulandshahr it becomes a perennial stream, running through a valley marked by high banks, and takes the name of Kali Nadi. Its course then changes from south to south-east till it joins the Ganges not far above Kanauj, 310 miles from its source. The valley of the river in Bulandshahr, and in Etah, Mainpuri, and Farrukhabad, has suffered from the inability of the channel to carry off excessive rainfall, the effects in Bulandshahr being augmented by the use of the river as a canal escape. Of late years, however, the Irrigation department has carried out a number of works to improve the flow, and deterioration has stopped. In 1885 a flood swept away the Nadrai aqueduct in Etah, which carries the Lower Ganges Canal over the river, and a series of wet seasons caused the land in the valley to deteriorate so much that large reductions of assessment were made. This tract has now recovered to a great extent.
