Sir arthur cotton biography pdf file

SIR ARTHUR COTTON (1803-1899) Biographical Introduction The great engineer Sir Arthur Cotton was an extraordinary Englishman who defied his superiors and was responsible for the construction of the anicut on the Godavari at Dowleshwaram and the system of canals that irrigated nearly a million acres in the delta.

Sir Arthur’s work was brought unprecedented prosperity and happiness that is impressive even now.

Sir arthur cotton biography pdf file

It is said that every morning, while doing surya namaskars, the people of the area recite Sir Arthur’s name. In those faded, old and magnificent ‘Blue Books’ of the British government, his name comes up again and again - writing passionately, giving evidence before select committees of parliament arguing the case for more investment in India for agriculture, especially irrigation and navigation canals, fighting the then current fashion to build railways.

The man was a hundred years ahead of his time in the methodology of cost-benefit