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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Qaim for maintenance of irrigation network
The Irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the utmost need of hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributaries and channel paths. This was stated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation & Drainage system in Sindh held at Chief Minister House on Thursday.
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Pakistan may face exceptional climate change
A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country.
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A lake without a single drop of water
R. Arivanantham Proposal to revive Jambukottapatti Lake in cold storage Great loss: Paddy damaged because of lack of proper irrigation, near Pochampalli.
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Canal water not reaching tail-end villages
Jammu: The multi-crore desilting project undertaken by the state Irrigation Department to clean the Ranbir Canal, which is considered as the lifeline of the Jammu region, has turned out to be a mere eyewash as the project has miserably failed to serve the purpose.
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Dry spell spoils summer paddy
- Massanjore reservoir dries up, management indifferent GAUTAM SARKAR Dumka, May 3: Bishnu Gorai, a farmer at Bilkandi hamlet under Raneshwar block in Dumka district, is not sure whether he can marry off his elder daughter this year. The dry spell has poured cold water on this father
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Probe ordered into canal collapse
Express Sewage line leak in front of the Secretariat is causing inconvenience to the public and merchants. The authorities have not initiated any st THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran has ordered an inquiry into the collapse of Edathukara canal of Muvattupuzha irrigation project.
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Supreme Court clears Narmada waters for Kutch
11-Km Canal Will Be Built To Carry Waters Through Wild Ass Sanctuary.
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Thal Canal closure criticised
The Thal Canal has been closed for the last five months and its approved water share of 9,000 cusecs reduced to 7,000 cusecs, Asghar Ali Gujjar told a press conference here on Sunday. He said if water was not released into the Thal Canal, he would launch a protest drive with peasants.
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Ganga canal to remain open
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:06 IST The Ganga canal, which provides drinking and irrigation water to vast areas of western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, would not be closed during summer. The decision came following a series of high-level meetings between the top officials of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, sources here said.
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Filthy canal water damages crops: Farmers
Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil.