Explanation:

The Kandi Canal — its construction was taken up in 1978 and the second phase completed only in mid-2016 — was meant to irrigate areas falling along the Shivalik foothills in Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr districts. However, the project has benefited only farmers on the right side of the Canal that extends from Talwara (near Pong Dam) to Balachaur in Nawanshahr.
The area along with the Shivalik foothills on the right side of Chandigarh-Pathankot road in Hoshiarpur is submountainous and this part of the district is also known as Kandi area.
Ropar lies in the Kandi tract of Punjab between garshankar and balachaur.