page_title: Okhla barrage
hierarchical_section_title: Okhla barrage
caption_attribution_description: English: view of yamuna from okhla bird sanctuary
context_page_description: The Okhla barrage, is 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874, is today the location of Okhla Bird Sanctuary 10 km to the south of New Delhi and downstream of Nizamuddin bridge at Okhla, where Agra canal originates from it. The top of barrage also serves as the Delhi-Noida carriageway of Mahamaya-Kalindi Kunj road. Nearby later-era New Okhla Barrage is 554 meters long.
  It is under the management of the government of Uttar Pradesh, ITO barrage is under Haryana government, and Wazirabad barrage is managed by Delhi government.
context_section_description: The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge), is 791 meters or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874, is today the location of Okhla Bird Sanctuary 10 km to the south of New Delhi and downstream of Nizamuddin bridge at Okhla, where Agra canal originates from it. The top of barrage also serves as the Delhi-Noida carriageway of Mahamaya-Kalindi Kunj road. Nearby later-era New Okhla Barrage is 554 meters long.
  It is under the management of the government of Uttar Pradesh, ITO barrage is under Haryana government, and Wazirabad barrage is managed by Delhi government.
caption: View of Yamuna River from barrage
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