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Irrigation Department
- Irrigation and Water Resources Development provides the basic infrastructure for the growth of economy of the country and large investment has been made for the purpose in our country.
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil for crop production by constructing headworks (weir) across a river in case of flow irrigation system.
- In lift irrigation system water required for irrigation purpose has been lifted from the river as the situation commands by diesel operated or electricity power operated barge mounted pump.
- In third case where these two systems are not feasible required water are extracted from the water bearing aquifer beneath the ground level by means of deep tube well assembly.
- Besides these popular system of irrigation there are sprinkler system and drip irrigation system. In a world of explosive population growth, particularly in developing nations, it is the need of the time to enhance the growth of food grain production keeping in conformity with the increase in population.
- The increase in agricultural production in general and food grain production in particular has not kept pace with the growth of the population by ushering the traditional cultivation system.
- Every means must therefore be sought to increase agricultural production. In the arid and semi-arid zones of the world one of the principal means to achieve this is development of irrigation.
