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3.13<br />

It may again be of interest to note the formation of the new drainage channels at the time of the<br />

establishment of the proposals of Dr. B. N. Dey. Attention is drawn to a map of Murray’s h<strong>and</strong>book<br />

(1924) provided by Jill Grey <strong>and</strong> taken from the website of Ian Poyntz under the maps of Bengal<br />

Presidency at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html, presented in Figure 3-3. It<br />

may be observed from the map that the Krishnapur Canal (often referred to now as the Keshtopur<br />

Khal) <strong>and</strong> the New Cut Canal had been in existence then. The proposed Gr<strong>and</strong> Trunk canal is now<br />

what is the Bagjola Canal. The salt lakes to the east of Kolkata (now partly Bidhan Nagar) is seen to<br />

be connected to the tidal creeks, as inferred from the note stating the salt water lakes to be tidal.<br />

Figure 3-3. Map of Kolkata <strong>and</strong> surroundings by 1924<br />

By courtesy of Ian Poyntz (website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html)

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