Hooghly River Hooghly River The Hooghly River ("Hugli"; Anglicized alternatively spelled "Hoogli" or "Hugli") or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, traditionally called 'Ganga', is an approximately distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India. The Ganges splits into the Padma and the Hooghly near Giria, Murshidabad. The Padma flows eastward into Bangladesh, whereas the Hooghly flows south through West Bengal. The river flows through the Rarh region, the lower deltaic districts of West Bengal, and eventually into the Bay of Bengal. The upper riparian zone of the river is called Bhagirathi while the lower riparian zone is called Hooghly. Calcutta and Hugli-Chinsura, the headquarter
Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project is a run of river mini hydro power project located in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. The install capacity of the project is 7.2MW and the annual generation is 25GWh. The generated energy is fed into the national electric grid of Sri Lanka. The plant uses the water flow of the river “Denawaka Ganga”, which is a main tributary of river “Kalu Ganga”. Denawaka Ganga is formed by the confluence of river “Denawaka Ganga” (Upper) and river “Bambarabatu Oya” at a location known as Mawella. The headwaters of both rivers