The Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023
The Government of Punjab on December 27, 2023, notified the Punjab Canal and Drainage Act, 2023. The following has been stated: Section 2 talks about various definitions like “canal” “culturable command
Canal Irrigation
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Irrigation dept to install stabilizers at tubewells
The Irrigation department has decided to install stabilisers at 2,500 tubewells across the state to overcome the big fluctuations in the voltage of power supplied to rural areas. The decision was taken
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Canal-dredging in progress on war footing in Midnapore
MIDNAPORE, 3 JULY: The dredging of canals of Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui river scheme which had been held up for years is proceeding on a war footing. It is likely to be completed in three years. The state
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Waterlogging may jeopardise food grain production: Expert
Says saline water from south-west Punjab may travel to other areas Chandigarh: Waterlogging in south-west Punjab could jeopardise food grain production with an expert group led by Planning Commission
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Political economy of irrigation development and patterns of spatial inequalities across agro-climatic regions of Krishna district
This article is a systematic documentation and analysis of events that motivated development of irrigation in Madras Presidency in general and Krishna district in particular. In Krishna district, when
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Waterlogging and farmland salinisation: causes and remedial measures in an irrigated semi-arid region of India
Waterlogging and secondary salinisation have become serious problems in canal irrigated areas of arid and semi-arid regions. This study examined hydrology and estimated the seasonal net groundwater recharge
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Effects of price increase and wage rise on resource diversification in agriculture
A price increase and improvement in the terms of trade of agriculture after 2004-05 have revived agriculture in Uttar Pradesh. The performance, however, has varied across regions within the state and among
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Rajasthan farmers blame Haryana and Punjab for decline in water supply
JAIPUR: Farmers have been sitting on a demonstration since May 10 to protest against the alleged theft of water from canal flowing from Haryana and Punjab to Sriganganagar and Hanumangarah districts in Rajasthan. They alleged that theft of water from the canals had affected their agriculture activities badly. "We are not getting the amount of water from the canals which we should get because the farmers in Punjab and Haryana are taking the water from the canals illegally through big water pumps," Krishan Kumar Saharan, state president Rajasthan Kisan Union said.
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Water supply stopped, Muktsar farmers left high and dry
Muktsar: With the Irrigation Department stopping water supply to Arniwala minor without any prior announcement, a large number of paddy growers in the district are in trouble. They are now facing a shortage
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3rd breach in a month, crops submerged
Fatehabad: Standing crops on hundreds of acres of agriculture land were submerged under water due to a breach - third in the past one month - in the Munshiwala Minor near Shehnal and Hamzapur villages
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Sason canal yet to get Hirakud water
Farmers dependent on Sason Canal for irrigation water have been left in the lurch. The canal under Hirakud Dam Reservoir (HDR) has failed to discharge water for the third consecutive day on Sunday. As