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7.9<br />

carrying capacity. It has been estimated that increasing the section may be difficult since<br />

large chunks of area on both sides of the canal has to be aquired. Instead, if the channel is<br />

made lined with vertical walls, then it would not involve l<strong>and</strong> acquisition. However, the cost of<br />

doing such would incur an estimated cost of around Rs. 2 Crore per km. Considering a length<br />

of around 20 km for the canal that would require lining <strong>and</strong> construction of vertical side walls,<br />

an amount of Rs. 40 Crore needs to be invested.<br />

7.4.3. Dredging of Kestopur canal<br />

This canal drains a part of the Bidhan Nagar Township, as well as Kolkata. The present<br />

sections show that this also requires excavation up to its design shape. It is estimated that<br />

around Rs. 0.5 Crores (Rs. 50,00,000) may be needed per km for doing this. Considering a<br />

length of 20 km that needs to be excavated for dredging the Kestopur canal, an amount of Rs.<br />

10 Crore is required to be set aside for the work.

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