Morphological Changes and Siltation Rate Analysis of the

Gaglajor-Mohonganj Navigation Route in Bhogai-Kangsha River

Course No: WRE 6302

Course Title: Sediment Transport

Student Name: Jahidur Rahman

Student ID: 0421162036
Submitted To:
Student Name: S. M. Sabbir
Dr. Badal Mahalder Student ID: 0422162023
Associate Professor
Student Name: Md Aminur Rashid
Department of Water Resources Engineering Student ID: 0422162024
Introduction
• The Gaglajor-Mohanganj route consists of only the Bhogai-
Kangsha river.
• This transboundary river has entered Bangladesh through the
Ramchondrokura-Mandaliay union of the Nolitabarhi
upazilla of Sherpur district.
• The total length of Gaglajor-Mohonganj navigation route is
125 km. A stretch of 35 km of this river has been taken under
consideration for our project.

Figure 1: Gaglajor-Mohanganj Navigation Route

Classification Of This River

• It bifurcates into the Ichhamoti and the Kangsha at Morichapura union and reunites at the Phoolpur
union of the Phoolpur upazilla, Mymensingh.

• It is an upstream controlled river whose upper part is dynamic but the lower part is stable.
Someswari River adds enormous amounts of sediment to this river every year.

• It has been classified as Class – IV navigation route by the BIWTA.

Morphological Analysis

• A morphological and feasibility study was done and long

profiles and cross profiles are taken at certain intervals to
assess the status of the navigational route.

Figure 2: Location of Long and Cross Profiles

along the Bhogai-Kangsha River
Long Profile
• Long profile along the thalweg line of the Bhogai-Kangsha River from Gaglajor to Mohonganj had been
prepared along with the required formation level and LLW of the river (Figure 3).

• From the figure we can say that the formation level had been fixed to 4m with respect to LLW considering the
depth. So it can be said that the river bed lacked sufficient depth for navigability.

Figure 3: Long profile of Bhogai-Kangsha river

Cross Profile
The cross profiles of the Bhogai-Kangsha river were also generated at different sections. From the cross section
analysis it can be seen that all the cross sections except cross section 5 needed dredging as their bed level was
above the required formation level.
Cross Profile
Implementation of Dredging
• According to the above long section and cross section analysis it is evident that significant amount of
dredging was required in this study route to maintain navigability.
• The dredging activities of this navigation route started at late 2015.
• After dredging several monitoring surveys were conducted to assess the siltation rate of the river along
the navigation route.
 Monitoring Survey
• For monitoring purpose, Sounding lead and GPS survey had
been done to locate and monitor the cross sections along the
navigation route.
• A map has been prepared showing the location of the
monitoring section using ArcGIS.

Figure 4: Location of the monitoring sections.

Siltation Rate Assessment
• Siltation is one of the major issues in the study area. The monitoring surveys and siltation rate of the sections
which are taken under consideration are described below:
 Monitoring Section 1

Different monitoring surveys had been conducted to maintain the formation level at 4.2 m LLW. Due to
siltation 55% of the dredged area had been refilled upto November, 2019 and then it started scouring.
  Monitoring Section 2

From the monitoring surveys of this section, no significant phenomena have been found since the post dredging
period. The river channel at this section shows siltation occurred in the year of 2019 and scouring in the year of 2018
and 2020.
  Monitoring Section 3

The monitoring graph shows that the river channel at this section is significant towards siltation and from the last
monitoring survey at 2019 it can be seen that 20% dredged area had been refilled within 3 years. Slight scouring
was observed in this section after November, 2019.
 Monitoring Section 4

From the monitoring surveys it has been seen that that river channel at this section is significant both towards
siltation and scouring. The first monitoring survey shows a rapid increase in the rate of siltation due to
landslide. The final monitoring survey represents a total siltation of about 25% in this section.
 Monitoring Section 5

Different monitoring surveys had been conducted to maintain the formation level at 4.5 m LLW. A negligible
scour occurred during second monitoring in September, 2016 rather siltation is seen to be increasing here.
 Monitoring Section 6

The monitoring graph shows that the river channel at this section is significant towards siltation and scour was
observed from November, 2016 to November, 2018 and the rate of scouring was very low.
 Monitoring Section 7

From the siltation rate graph, a continuous increase in the rate of siltation is seen up to the sixth monitoring
survey in November, 2019. After that a slight scouring of about 5% is observed which can be considered
negligible
 Monitoring Section 8

In this section the siltation rate experienced a gradual increase and then it started to scour from third to fourth
monitoring and remain stable for a few months. Then it again started to increase.
 Monitoring Section 9

From the siltation rate graph, a huge siltation is seen in this channel section and up to the ninth monitoring
survey about 70% dredged area had been refilled due to continuous siltation. No scouring was observed in this
section throughout the whole monitoring period.
 Reach-wise Siltation Rate:
• To monitor siltation rates using chainage and anticipate
maintenance dredging, the whole navigational route has been
split into three reaches.

Chainage Reach Location Length Avg siltation/scouring in years

(km)

0+000m to 1 Gaglajor to 11.7 35%-45% Siltation within around 3-

11+700 m Jainpur 5 years

11+700m to 2 Jainpur to 12.6 20%-30% Siltation within around 4-

24+300 m Dharmapasha 4.5 years

24+300m to 3 Dharmapasha to 10.7 45%-50% Siltation withiin around 2-

35+000 m Mohonganj 3.5 years

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Conclusions and Recommendations
From the analysis of monitoring data, overall condition of the route can be described as:

• The Bhogai-Kangsha is a dynamic river and an upstream controlled river. Upstream rivers, especially the
Someswari River, add enormous amounts of sediment to this river every year. So it is difficult to maintain
draft in this route after dredging.

• From the siltation rate analysis of Reach-1 (Gaglajor to Jainpur) almost 35-45% siltation is seen within 3-5
years. As the rate of siltation is low so maintenance dredging is required in this reach within 4/5 years.

• The siltation rate analysis of Reach-2 (Jainpur to Dharmapasha) shows siltation of about 20-30% within 4-
4.5 years. The slow siltation rate indicates that maintenance dredging is not required in this reach soon.

• The Reach-3 (Dharmapasha to Mohonganj) area is siltation prone compared to other reaches. Around 45-
50% siltation is seen in the sections of this reach within around (2-3.5) years. So maintenance dredging is
required immediately in this reach.
Thank You.