A visit to the Farakka Barrage, located 35 km. to the south of English Bazar is an enduring experience. The construction of this barrage across the River Ganges was completed on 1974-75 by Hindustan Construction. It is situated between two districts of West Bengal - Murshidabad and English Bazar. The Farakka Barrage Project was particularly designed for the maintenance and preservation of the Kolkata Port. It is the longest barrage across the globe featuring a length of around 2,240 metres and has lately been included into the Guinness book of World Records. The converging point of the River Ganges and River Gumani is found 3 km. from the barrage. Here tourists can found a small island and an abandoned Nilkuthi, which used to be the office of the British officials dealing with indigo business.
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