January 26, 1955 THE ECONOMIC WEEKLY Flood Control at D V C with Euclids J I C Beneath the surface of today's hardships, shortages and a host of other problems that fill the Indian scene, another picture can he discerned. Giant hydro-electric stations such as DVC, Bhakra-Nangal, Hira- kud and Tungabhadra have been built, and Euclid has been there doing the building. Work will shortly commence on a further five major projects: Kosi, Koyna, Krishna, Chambal and Rihand. It is Euclid's proud boast that whenever there is a big job to be done, Euclids will be found doing it and here in India, Euclids backed by a first class After Sales Service offered by Euclid distributors —- Blackwood Hodge (India) Ltd,—are playing a very big role in the development of the country's vast potential wealth. Men and machines of great power arc on the job ensuring India's future stability and prosperity. Dreams of the past are becoming todays realities. LOOD devastation is by no have been completed and commer­ proved the fastest units and they F means new to India and as cial distribution of electric power easily cope with the undulating long ago as 1852, Government has has already started. country. Each Euclid Bottom Dump been concerned with the problem of regularly hauls from 1 5 to 20 tons flood control, but the very large scale Konar Dam has been completed of material in one trip from the load­ devastation brought by the recent without its power house. ing centre to the dumping site. In monsoon floods have made it ab­ Maithon Dam upon which 50 a day of eighteen to twenty available solutely essential to begin the work per cent of the work has been finish­ hours, the total load hauled by a of controlling India's large rivers ed is scheduled for completion in Euclid Bottom Dump can be be­ without further delay. The magni­ February 1955 and Panchet Dam tween 1,000 to 1,300 cyds. DVC tude and complexity of the flood pro­ will be completed by the end of mechanics and fitters have found blem is such, that the Central Flood 1956. that the simple, rugged design of Control Board has set tip two River all Euclids greatly assist them where Commissions who will be respon­ Durgapur Barrage is due for com­ cleaning and maintenance is con­ sible for assisting the States to im­ pletion by June 1955. cerned." plement suitable and adequate mea­ On the performance of the Euclid sures, among which will be affore­ MAITHON AND PANCHET HILL DAMS station, construction of embank­ Loader, he continued, " The maxi­ ments, dams and diversion channels. 'The dams at Maithon and Pan­ mum loading capacity of the Euclid chet Hill were designed primarily loader on operation at Maithon was The work being carried out by for flood control and with help estimated to be 700 cu yds per hour. DVC in harnessing and utilizing the from the upper reservoirs, will bring In the soft borrow pit, which is flood waters of the Damodar River, under cultivation 1,140,000 acres of mainly of gravel and sand, the Euclid formerly known as the " River of bind. Maithon alone is expected Loader has clone a remarkably fine Sorrows", will be a pattern for to provide perennial irrigation of job." future flood control projects. Damo­ 270,000 acres and hydro-electric ge­ dar Valley Corporation was con­ neration by this dam is anticipated At Maithon there are in all stituted by an Act of Parliament in to be 164,000,000 KWH per an­ twenty-one Euclid Bottom Dumps, July 1948 and is modelled on the num. one Euclid Loader and eight Euclid Tennessee Valley Authority. An Rear Dumps. At Panchet ten Euclid entirely new way of life is being At both these dam sites Euclid Rear Dumps, seven Euclid Bottom built, one which will influence the Rear Dumps and the famous Euclid Dumps and one Euclid Loader. lives of millions of people who pre­ Loader, working with a fleet of viously lived in dread of river floods, Euclid Bottom Dumps, have been DURGAPUR BARRAGE bringing grim suffering, famine busily at work. This barrage has been designed and untold poverty. The Executive Engineers at Mai- to control a net-work of irrigation thon, are all Euclid enthusiasts. canals which will irrigate 1,025,762 PROGRESS " We have found," said one, " that acres, for kharif and 300,000 acres Euclid earth-moving equipment is for rabi cultivation. Considerable progress has already most reliable. Our operators have been made in the first phase, which This barrage consists of: found them easy to handle, and involves an estimated cost of Rs 89 most of the Euclid equipment on (a) A barrage across the Damodar crores, and includes four major the various projects at DVC have at Durgapur and regulators over the dams, three hydro-electric stations, been operating for over two and a canals to the right and left banks. one thermal-power station and a half years, many machines have com­ barrage with a network of canals and (b) Main canals and tributaries pleted more than 5,000 hours of tributaries. This is scheduled for on both banks, the principal one on service. In the previous two sea­ completion in 1956. the left bank being navigable. This sons, Euclids have been in opera­ navigable canal will connect the Tilaiya Dam and Bokharo Ther­ tion continuously for twenty-four coal-mining areas around Raniganj mal Power Station, along with 250 hours a day." When questioned with the Hooghly about 35 miles miles of high transmission lines, further, the engineer said, " Even above Calcutta. It is estimated to sub-stations, and receiving stations, when fully loaded, Euclids have take traffic of 1,500,000 tons of coal 178 January 26, 1955 THE ECONOMIC WEEKLY and 500,000 tons of miscellaneous From the four hydro-electric sta- out by the Fishery Research Station,. cargo. The main canal system will tions at Maithon, Panchet, Konar model villages, afforestation and elec­ be 120 miles long, branch canals and Tilaiya and from the Bokharo trification of the railways. 335 miles long, tributaries 674 miles Thermal Power Station, it is esti­ long and drainage canals 422 miles. mated that at least 1,000 mil­ Thus beneath the surface of to­ The total length of canal system be­ lion KWH of energy per annum day's hardships, shortages and a host ing approximately 1,552 miles. will be available. This vast power of other problems that fill the Indian production will greatly assist in the scene, another picture can be dis­ (c) Drainage system of approxi­ exploitation of the valley. cerned. mately 422 miles of drainage canals. A 15-year plan known as the Dur Giant hydro-electric stations such RUHR OF ASIA gapur Project is now being drawn as DVC, Bhakra-Nangal, Hirakud up. It is proposed to start this pro and Tungabhadra have been built, South Bihar and West Bengal is ject with a coal carbonisation plant, and Euclid has been there doing the rich in mineral wealth and is some which will be integrated with a host building. Work will shortly com­ times described as the Ruhr of India. of chemical industries based on coal mence on a further five major pro This area contains So per cent or derivatives. The development or jects: Kosi, Koyna, Krishna, Cham India's Coal reserves, 98 per cent of meteorological industries and the bal and Rihand. It is Euclid's proud her iron ore and 100 per cent of her completion of a fertilizer factory will boast that wherever there is a big copper and kyanite. Rich depo­ follow. The final stage will be the job to he done, Euclids will be found sits exist of limestone, mica, chro- erection of the synthetic oil plant. doing it and here in India, Euclids mite, bauxite, asbestos and other backed by a First Class After Sales minerals. This area has already been Apart from industrial and mineral Service offered by Euclid distributors developed. Here are India's two development, the DVC Project, by —Blackwood Hodge (India) Ltd,— major steel plants (her third steel controlled irrigation, will greatly are playing a very big role in the plant in which Krupps-Demag of assist agriculture. An additional pro­ development of the country's vast Germany have a big financial and duction of 350,000 tons of food and potential wealth. Men and machines technical stake will be sited just 100,000 acres of jute is expected. of great power are on the job. across the borders at Rourkela in ensuring India's future stability and Orissa) and a variety of secondary SUBSIDIARY DEVELOPMENTS prosperity. Dreams of the past arc industries. These included pisciculture carried becoming today's realities. 180 .