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Public Works Department Government of India Irrigation in India Review of 1917-18

1919

In most cases they include a weir which is constructed across the bed of the river immediately below the off-take of the canal for the pupose of holding up water to the full supply level of the canal during low stages in the river. [...] The importance of storage works in India is steadily increasing since the water in the great majority of those rivers capable of providing perennial irrigation is already utilised for the purpose and the main prospects of expansion lie in the construction of works of this k41 Well Irrigation."the Punjab the cold weather supply of the Sutlej being already hypothecated to t:xisting canals it is [...] When tho rainfall is copious and well distributed there is little demand for artificial irrigation but in the event of a failure either of the monsoon or of the winter rains the canals are taxed to their utmost capacity and the officers responsible are then faced with the difficult task of allotting the available supplies in the most equitable manner so as to provide for the irrigation of as l [...] In 1830 scouring sluices were constructed in the Grand Anicut and six years later the Coleroon a branch of the Cauvery was spanned by two great weirs the Upper Anicut which regulates the supply drawn off by the Coleroon from the Cauvery and the Lower Anicut which serves the area irrigated from the Coleroon. [...] It is difficult to compare these figures with the population of the present day owing to the various changes which have occurred in the limits of the district but it is fairly certain that the highest figure here quoted is less than half of the population at the census of 1871.
agriculture environment
Pages
130
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143510
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v unknown view
Part I—Operation During 1917-18
1-ii unknown view
Part II—Progress of Irrigation in the Various Provinces and Administrations
11-xxx unknown view
Statements showing the Financial Results of Irrigation Works for and up to the end of 1917-18
69-92 unknown view

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