Irrigation of fertile plains of Punjab and Haryana has benefited the nation with increase in food production, there have been inevitable side effects, in terms of secular degradation of the soil productivity, due to the exacerbating problem of waterlogging and salinization of soils, which now affects thousands of hectares of agricultural land.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/use-sarasvati-palaeo-channels-reclamation-waterlogged-areas-punjab-and-haryana
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-n-athavale
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/asian-agri-history
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterlogging
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reclamation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/saraswati
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drainage
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
