1. The Farakka Barrage Project includes a feeder canal designed to divert water from the Ganga river into the Hooghly river during the dry season to improve navigation for Kolkata Port.
2. The designed carrying capacity of the Farakka feeder canal is 40,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second).
3. This diversion aims to flush out sediment deposition in the Hooghly river.