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Poor irrigation likely to hit J&K paddy, wheat production [1]

A NET deficit of 5,234 cusecs of water is preventing J&K from irrigating vast swaths of the land that could grow paddy and wheat. Jammu is falling short by 23% of its irrigation water requirements while Kashmir is reeling with a shortage of 32%.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Wheat [3], Drinking Water Scarcity [4], Dams/ Irrigation [5], Irrigation [6], Jammu & Kashmir [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/economic-times-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jammu-kashmir