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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
