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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Narmada canal network: SSNNL to rope in big players
Rajiv Shah | TNN
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Farmers to get market value of land for sub-canals
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Thursday took the policy decision to provide jantri-based market value to farmers while acquiring land to construct sub-minor canals for developing 18.45 lakh hectares Narmada command area.
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Sans repair, breaches galore in Indravati canal
BHAWANIPATNA: A 15-metre-long breach in the left main canal of Indravati project on April 28 damaged standing paddy crops in about 100 acres of land at Kasibahal village. Besides, crops were damaged due to sand cast in some places and in the down stream of the canal, irrigation was affected.
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Mohali DC: Free canals, seasonal rivulets from encroachments
Puts official machinery on flood protection duty Mohali Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh Mand on Tuesday issued directions to free all canals and seasonal rivulets passing through this district from encroachments and other obstructions, if any, in the flow of water on their beds.
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Two more check dams on Indravati
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will build two more check dams on the lower catchments of Indravati river to tackle drinking water scarcity in Nabarangpur district. This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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CPI plea to government on effluent discharge into canal
ERODE: Communist Party of India State Secretary D. Pandian has urged the State Government to put an end to the discharge of effluents into the Kalingarayan canal. Water source
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Indias tryst with: the big irrigation projects
There were 346 large dams in 1950: There are over 5000 now, over 95% of them are irrigation projects. 66-80% of water sector budget goes for big projects
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Munak water only for Games: Haryana
New Delhi: Delhi may finally get its rightful share from Munak canal, but only for the Commonwealth Games. After intervention from the Centre, Haryana has agreed to give Delhi 20 million gallons per day (MGD) water from whatever it will save due to Munak canal project.
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One missed irrigation cycle spells doom for wheat yield in Punjab
An irrigation round in the last week of March could have saved the wheat crop from wilting. But around mid-March, when day and night time temperatures spiked, the state had no power to irrigate the fields and there was no water in canals either. As a result, experts do not think wheat production will cross the 98 lakh tonne-mark this year. Last year, production was 111 lakh tonnes.
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He stripped to get PF, now uses RTI to get water for his village
Sachin Sharma | TNN Vadodara: Two years ago, he stripped to his trunks much like the elderly character in the movie