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# Tala Tank · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Tala Tank

One of the largest overhead water reservoirs in the world, as well as the major water supplier to Kolkata for more than 110 years since its inauguration in May 1911 by Edward Norman Baker, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.

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![Tala Tank](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70C08YS19DAANM6Q6248NQ3) Photo: Indrajit Das · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATala_water_tank_02.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

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## Why go

Owned by the KMC, the reservoir is fed by Palta Water Works near Barrackpore and to send the water supply to the city. It covers 3-4 acres with a capacity of 9.9 e6impgal, and weighs 44 e3t at maximum capacity.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kolkata/Northern_Suburbs)

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