Solani

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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.

Solani

River of the United Provinces, which rises in the Siwalik Hills (30° 13' N., 77° 59' E.) from the highest point of the Mohan pass, flows south and south-east through Saharanpur District, and then winds through a corner of Muzaffarnagar, joining the Ganges after a course of about 55 miles. The upper part of the river and most of its tributaries are mere watercourses, almost dry except during the rains, when they carry off the drainage of the Siwaliks in rushing torrents. Near Roorkee a magnificent aqueduct of brick, with fifteen arches, each 50 feet wide, conveys the water of the Upper Ganges Canal at a height of 24 feet above the bed of this river. The Solani has done much damage by floods and changes in its course. In Muzaffarnagar this was intensified by percolation from the Ganges Canal, but drainage cuts have improved the tract.