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The Bhimgoda Barrage also referred to as the Bhimgoda Weir or Bhimgoda Head Works is a barrage on the Ganges River at Har ki Pauri near Haridwar in Haridwar district Uttarakhand India. Built as the headworks of the Upper Ganges Canal an initial barrage was completed by 1854 and replaced twice; the final one completed in 1983. The primary purpose for the barrage is irrigation but it also serves to provide water for hydroelectric power production and control floods.
