page_title: Okhla
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Okhla / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Agra Canal, Headworks. Unknown Photographer c. 1871-73. Photograph from Crofton Collection: 'Public works including the Manora Breakwater and the River Son canal system' taken by an unknown photographer, c.1871-73. The Agra canal, opened in 1874, was a major civil engineering project and the water was used for both transportation and irrigation. The canal drew its water from the River Jumna at Okhla, about 10km from Delhi, and from there it continued until finally joining the Banganga River about 20 km from Agra. Irrigation waters from the canal helped to lessen the impact of famine in the area by increasing cultivation. As irrigation was the prime objective of the canal, navigation on the canal was stopped in 1904. Downloaded from the British Library website by Fowler&amp;fowler«Talk» 03:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: Okhla is a suburban colony located near Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It is on the U.P border and nearest industrial area called commonly as Okhla Industrial Area or Okhla Industrial Estate, an industrial suburb in South East Delhi which is mainly divided into three Phases. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of New Okhla Industrial Development Area or NOIDA.
context_section_description: The Okhla barrage, is a barrage, which was developed by British, is also the starting point of the Agra Canal built in 1874, today it is also the location of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, and further down the canal towards Agra, the Keetham Lake, National Bird Sanctuary.
  The present campus of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university was established here in 1925. The Okhla Mandi is an important wholesale market in Delhi, NSIC, IIIT Delhi, Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Meera Bai Institute of Technology, Kalkaji Temple, Lotus Temple, Okhla vihar, Okhla Railway Station, and the Okhla Water Works.
caption: Agra Canal headworks at Okhla, 1871
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