Explore the engineering marvel that is the Indira Gandhi Canal, formerly known as the Rajasthan Canal, standing as the largest irrigation canal in India. The IGNP stage-II starts from the tail of stage-I i.e. from Km 189 of IGNP main canal. Indira Gandhi Nahar Project, Stage-ll comprises of 256 km long (Km189 to Km445) main canal and the requisite distribution system to irrigate CCA of 12.44 lakh ha consisting of 8.02 lakh ha under flow irrigation and 4.42 lakh ha under lift canals with irrigation intensity of 80% for flow and around 60% for lift. Stage-II would provide irrigation to 9.01 lakh ha in the districts of Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh ... Aim: To rejuvenate to great desert. This project previously known as Rajasthan Canal Project. It covers an area 600 Km long and 45 Km wide of the Thar Desert in North West of Rajasthan. RCP was first conceived on 29 October, 1948. RCP was taken up by the Central Water and Power Commission in 1951. Indira Gandhi canal is originally known as the Rajasthan canal and was constructed from 1952 to 2010. The canal is the longest in India.
