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Print Print 2014-08-11

Plenty of water for every farm Easy journey to prosperity

Re-construction of floods affected irrigation system.
Published August 11, 2014

Re-construction of floods affected irrigation system.
-- Construction of 5,277 modules and 60 new bridges
-- Brick lining of 5,506km of canal banks, Re-sectioning of 3,050km long canals
-- Arrangements for stone pitching of slopes along 247km of canals under Sindh Flood Emergency Reconstruction Project
-- Rs 3.5 billion project for the renewal and rehabilitation of Left Bank Outfall Drainage and Kotri Drainage Network System
-- Rs 400 million allocation for CC lining of Rohri Main Canal
-- Rs 1.6 billion for renewal and rehabilitation of irrigation system of Gudu Barrage. Construction and repairing of canals and stone pitching of link canals and feeders in Rohri, Dado and Hala divisions
-- Completion of Right Bank Out Fall Drain Project to save Lake Manchar from pollution
-- Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage system; Lining of distributors to stop the wastage of canal water and repairing and renewal of 13,890 water courses
-- Irrigation of 324,000 acre land in Sanghar and Umar Kot districts with the construction of Makhi Farash Link Canal
-- Repairing, renewal and rehabilitation of Sukkur Barrage
-- Installation of rain guns on 2,296 acres of land
-- Installation of Sprinkle System on 2,590 acres land of small farmers, Drip Irrigation System on 1,025 acres land
-- The completion of 112 projects costing Rs 8.4 billion for construction of canals and dykes during year 2013-14
-- Initiation of 107 new schemes worth Rs 3.6 billion under water and Drainage Sector. 60 schemes are near completion
-- Two fold increase production of rice, cotton and wheat with the renewal of Irrigation system. This increase in production is an increase in prosperity of Sindh
-- Work started on 360 new schemes, with a budget allocation of Rs 8.62 billion in year 2014-15, for the construction and improvement of drainage systems, installation of new tube wells, renovation of canals and construction of small dams

Copyright Business Recorder, 2014

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