The Ganga is the most important river of India both from the point of view of its basin and cultural significance. It rises from the Gangotri glacier near Gaumukh (3,900 m) in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The river finally discharges itself into the Bay of Bengal near the Sagar Island. ...

2. “An Assessment Of Ichthyofaunal Diversity Of Ganga Barrage
Of District Kanpur,”

3. Officially named as Lav Khush Barrage.
This bridge across the Ganges lies at Azad Nagar-Nawabganj in Kanpur.
Construction started in 1995s.
Inaugurated ( Opening ) in May 2000.
Construction cost: Rs. 303.14 crore
The total length is 621 m.
Coordinates: 26.5099°N 80.3186°E
Serve as a four lane Highway Bypass for NH 91.
Source: wikipedia

4. Ganges Barrage, part of the NH-91 by-pass
Source: wikipedia

5. Belowbarrage
Abovebarrage

7.  Largest river in India and the fifth longest in the world. (Welcomme 1985).
 Originates from ice-cave ‘Gaumukh’ (30550N/7070E) in the Garhwal
Himalaya at an altitude of 4,100 m and discharges into Bay of Bengal.
 Moreover, 29 freshwater fish species as recorded in this study from river
Ganges have been recently listed as threatened under vulnerable and
endangered categories (Lakra et al. 2010).

8.  In India, 2,246 indigenous finfishes have been described of which 765 belongs
to freshwater (Lakra et al. 2009).
 In the present study a total of 143 species
belong to 11 orders
72 genera
32 families
were recorded across all the stretches of river Ganges, which is about 20% of
freshwater fish of the total fishes reported in India.

9. STRETCH-WISE fiSH DIVERSITY
1. Upper stretch:
• 56 fish species
• Belonging to 32 genera
• 13 families were recorded from all the five zones of upper stretch of river
Ganges.
2. Middle stretch:
Among the five zones in the middle stretch of river Ganges
 92 fish species
 Belonging to 58 genera
 4 families were recorded.
106 species (Hassan et al. 1998; Srivastava 1968, 1980; Payne et al. 2004).

10. 1. Lower stretch:
 The lower stretch of river that is largely flood plains of the Ganges
 95 fish species
 Belonging to 65 genera
 29 families.
Earlier, Bilgrami and Datta Munshi (1985) reported 89 species in this
stretch.

11.  State contributes approximately 14.68% of the total national fish diversity
(Lakra, 2010) .
 87 fish species from eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.
 111 taxa have been notice whereas 30 species are described in stretches of
river Ganga at Allahabad (Srivastava, 2002; Lakra, 2010).
 More recently, 92 fish species belong to 58 Genera and 24 Families were
recorded by NBFGR from river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.

12.  56 species belonging to 42 Genera, 20 Families and 7 Orders from river
Gomti (Sarkar et al., 2010).
 NBFGR, Lucknow revealed the occurrence of about 123 fish species (Lakra,
2010).
 In Uttar Pradesh,123 species about
33% - ornamental
57% - potential food
10% - sport fishes (Lakra, 2010).
 According to recent conservation assessment of NBFGR,
“20 freshwater fishes are categorized as threatened of which 9 under
endangered and 11 vulnerable (Lakra, 2010).”

13. To The Study Of The Ichthyofaunal Diversity Of
Ganga Barrage, Kanpur.
To The Study Of The Seasonal Variation Of Below And
Above, Ganga Barrage, Kanpur.
To Study Of The IUCN Status Of Fish Species Of Below &
Above Ganga Barrage, Kanpur.

14. To Study Of The Major Hydrographical Parameters Of
Ganga Barrage, Kanpur.
To The Study Of The Mode Of Exploitation
(Different Types Of Gear & Craft).
To the study of Impact of Exotics fish species on native fish
diversity.
To Study Of Man-made Impact On Above & Below Ganga
Barrage & Fisheries.

15. 1. Jitendra Kumar And A. K. Pandey, Present Status Of Ichthyofaunal Diversity And Impact Of Exotics In Uttar
Pradesh,
2. Jitendra Kumar, Ashish K. Pandey1, A.S. Kumar Naik*, V. Mahesh, Antim Shukla1, Avantika Pathak2, Man-Made
Impact On Ganga River And Fisheries
3. Shukla Ratnesh & Kashif Imdad, Analysis Of Cultural Landscape For Sustainable Tourism Development Of Kanpur
Region, Pg. No. 50
4. Mishra Nidhi Dixit & Dixit Satish Chandr, Trihalomethane Formation Potential Due To Anthropogenic Sources In
Surface Water
5. Mishra Kapileswar & Sen Dhrubajyoti, Sedimentation Behind Barrages And Oblique River Flow, Pg. No. 197
6. Kaushal Kaushal Babu Suresh Environmental Flows Assessment In India: The Ganga Experience, Pg. No. 217
7. R. K. Pathak, A. Gopesh And K. D. Joshi, Estimation Of fish Biodiversity From The Middle Stretch Of The Ganga
River, India, Article · August 2013
8. Mohanta, H.; Carbonneau, P.; Sinha, R., Dynamic Connectivity In The Middle Ganga Reaches Impacted By Human
Disturbance, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, Abstract Id. H43h-1049 ,December 2014