Agra Canal

The Agra Canal is an important Indian irrigation work which starts from Okhla in Delhi.

The Agra canal originates at the Okhla barrage, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge.

[2] The canal receives its water from the Yamuna River at Okhla, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of New Delhi.

[3] The canal irrigates about 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) in Agra, and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, Faridabad in Haryana, Bharatpur in Rajasthan and also some parts of Delhi.

In the beginning, it was available for navigation, in Delhi, erstwhile Gurgaon, Mathura and Agra Districts, and Bharatpur State.