Behta Aqueduct

Behta Aqueduct is a historic aqueduct located near Behta village in Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh. Built during the British colonial period as part of the Sharda Canal system, it carries the Sharda Canal over the Sai River. The brick masonry structure is noted as an engineering example of canal irrigation infrastructure in northern India and is a local sightseeing point for its river-canal crossing and surrounding rural landscape.

Visitors can expect an open rural setting where the Sharda Canal flows overhead across the Sai River on a long brick aqueduct. The site offers views of the canal channel above and the river below, surrounding agricultural fields and riverbanks. There is no enclosed complex; visitors view the structure from the banks and approach roads, with opportunities for sightseeing and photography of the engineering structure and natural surroundings.

Constructed during the British colonial period as part of the Sharda Canal system, the aqueduct was built to carry the Sharda Canal over the Sai River to facilitate irrigation in Uttar Pradesh. It exemplifies early 20th-century canal irrigation engineering and remains part of the operational canal network.