Jambughoda State

                                            Jambughoda State

Jambughoda State was a princely state in India within the Bombay Province during the British Raj. Its rulers belonged to the Parmar dynasty and took the title of Thakur Sahib. The last ruler was Ranjitsinhji Gambhirsinhji (b. 1892) who reigned from 27 Sep 1917 to 15 Aug 1947

Located in the Panchmahal district of Central Gujarat and 130.38 sq. km. area declared as a sanctuary in May 1990, Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary is home for a variety of animals and plants. A small part of the sanctuary (Targol Round) falls in the adjoining Vadodara district. It’s a magnificent forest of teak, bamboos and other miscellaneous species. The area has two water reservoirs- one at Kada and the other at Targol. These water bodies add to the aesthetic settings and habitat diversity. Leopard is the top predator here whose population has been increasing. The habitat is shared by other animals such as sloth bear, jackal, blue bull, wild boar and four horned antelopes.

My Village, West Bengal

My Village , 

Rajshol , 

near Kangsaboti dam project,

Mukutnonipur,

Bankura , West Bengal

This is the other shed of dam Kangsabati project

This is the other shed of dam Kangsabati project,

Kangsabati River  (also variously known as the Kasai and Cossye) rises from the Chota Nagpur plateau in the state of West Bengal, India and passes through the districts of Purulia, Bankura andPaschim Medinipur in West Bengal before draining in the Bay of Bengal.

After rising at Murguma near Jhalda in the Chota Nagpur plateau in Purulia district, it passes by Purulia,Khatra and Ranibandh in Bankura district, and then enters Paschim Medinipur in the Binpur area. It is joined by Bhairabbanki. At Keshpur the river splits into two. The northern branch flows through the Daspur area as Palarpai and joins the Rupnarayan River. The other branch flows in a south-easterly direction and on joining the Kaliaghai River forms the Haldi River, which flows into the Bay of Bengal at Haldia.

Purulia, Mukutmanipur, Binpur, Midnapore, andKharagpur are towns on or near the banks of this river.

Kangsabati Project

The Kangsabati Project was started in 1956 as part of the Indian Second Five-year Plan to provide water to 3,484.77 km² of land in the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia District and Hooghly. It involves irrigation land using water from the Kangsabati River, as well as the Shilabati and the Bhoirobbanki rivers.

As part of the Project, a 38 m high and 10,098 m long dam named as Mukutmanipur Dam was constructed at the border of Purulia and West Midnapore. An anicut dam built on the Kangsabati River near Midnapore in 1872 was also added to the operations of the project.

This is the other shed of dam Kangsabati project