Tilpara Mihirlal Barrage — Local services in West Bengal

Tilpara barrage over Mayurakshi River has exerted crucial impact on backwater reach of river Kushkarni (4.5 km upstream reach) which debouches to Mayurakshi River at immediate upstream head of this barrage. Study area is located at the Chota Nagpur plateau fringe highly erodible Rarh tract of Birbhum district of West Bengal. From this study, it is found that due to storage of water in the reservoir, backwater created and confluence part of the Kushkarni River is submerged. Stagnation of reservoir water reduced carrying capacity of channel by 26 %, and it is facilitated by declining trend of channel bed slope and velocity of flow. Depth of channel is attenuated by 17–71 cm depositing 919,342.6 m3 of coarser sediment load. In this circumstance, high flood level frequency in same inflow state has increased by 26.5 % and channel braiding has started to nucleate. Alternate textural sequence of materials from river bed reveals some irregular episodic inflow events within reservoir. Episodic discharge and consequent large flood have created thick sand splay cover in the left side of the channel and damaged agricultural land. Potential bank erosion hazard index or BEHI is considerably high (27.35–31.73) in this backwater reach, and the process is mainly triggered by liquefaction. Considering existing forms and functions of the study segment, it is evaluated with existing reservoir upstream channel morphology model of Skalak et al. (2013) and found to be proximate. Such alteration of channel morphology in this segment is linked with socio-ecological fabric of the surrounding area. Along with channel morphological readjustment, socio-ecological setup is also moving toward...

Barrage old and effortless! Tilpara barrage is one of the prominent attraction point of Siuri. This is place mostly popular between the teens. All these pictures were taken in evening when breeze is blowing on our shoulder. Undoubtedly, this place needs recognition and more attention. But that is only possible if some renovation work could have done. Amazing scenes of migratory birds will enthralled you in the respective season. If you ever visit Siuri, don't forget to come to this place. Definitely, there are some negative side of this place as every tourist spot has. People don't mind litter the place for the sake of their trouble-free experience. Moreover, people don't bring family here often in fear of some uncultured activities performed earlier by the teens. This is really painful! Concerned authorities should have a look into this matter to take necessary steps. However, this place is all for its natural beauty and serene atmosphere it possess rather than those nonsense. Wishing all of you a happy journey...

The Tilpara Mihirlal Barrage is one of the famous places of the Suri town. Just a few kilometers away from the heart of the town, its a must see place for the visitors.In the Winter, some like to enjoy there as a picnic spot.The barrage is situated at the state highway connecting Suri and Md Bazar, Rampurhat,Nalhati etc. You'll enjoy sun rise or sun set from here . If you are lucky, you can buy fresh fishes from there. During rainy season ,when the lock-gates are open ,it becomes more beautiful as well as beast . This may not be in the league of extra ordinary but the romanticism, scenic beauty ,soft , warm behaviour of the people and many romantic experiences has given it a special place in the core of the heart of...