 As a result, irrigation facility has been available in the lower Damodar basin before the advent of dams by means of the diversion weir on the Damodar and Eden canal to the extent of 890 square kilometres in the districts of Burdwan and Hooghly.Detailed examination of flow data as available at Randiha, revealed that maximum flow of had occurred twice in August 1913 and August 1935 before the implementation of Damodar Valley Scheme.It is about from Panagarh on NH 19 and about downstream of Durgapur Barrage.