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Water supply in canals of South Punjab reviewed

Recorder Report
June 22, 2023

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Department and Irrigation Department have expressed their satisfaction over the situation of canal water supply for cotton crop in South Punjab.

Secretary Agriculture Iftikhar Ali Sahoo and Secretary Irrigation Wasif Khurshid presided over a meeting here on Wednesday to review the water supply situation and reached the consensus that it was satisfactory.

Iftikhar Ali Sahoo speaking on this occasion claimed that water supply in the canals of South Punjab was very important to achieve the cotton production target.

Four million acres of land had been brought under cultivation of cotton in the three divisions of South Punjab that are Bahawalpur, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan, the Secretary Agriculture said, adding the promise of canal water supply during the cotton season was being fulfilled and for this, the Department of Agriculture and Irrigation were working together.

Apart from this, the field teams of the Agriculture Department were providing technical guidance by participating alongside the farmers for the better management of cotton at 52 Kissan Sahulat Centres in South Punjab.

On this occasion, Irrigation Secretary Wasif Khurshid said the Irrigation Department would allocate its shares to South Punjab during the cotton season on a priority basis.

He added that this year there was a 27 percent water shortage in the system of the irrigation department, but with better planning, water would continue to be supplied to the farmers of South Punjab so that the cotton production target can be achieved easily.
 
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Lakes in Achro Thar/ White desert in Dist Sanghar of Sindh..
Amazingly there are more than 200 lakes in this desert, also some salt lakes.

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Construction work is progressing ahead on Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme (K-IV Project). It envisages to provide 650 million gallon per day (MGD) to Karachi from Keenjhar lake. Phase-I of K-IV will supply 260 MGD.
 
Sindh Canal networks
Beautiful Khesana Mori town surrounded with lush green mango and banana trees and also water canals, located between Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar town in Sindh.
Shot taken on 13th Aug 2023.

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Abdul Shakoor Dam District Momand, a concrete gravity dam having gross storage capacity 810 AF. Constructed for the purpose of water supply of the area.

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Mirani Dam​

Located on river Dasht, about 40 km West of Turbat, District Kech, Balochistan, this dam has live storage capacity of 0.152 MAF and was completed in July 2007.

Salient Features:​

Dam TypeConcrete Faced, Rock Fill Dam (CFRD)
Height of Dam 127 ft
Length of Dam 3,080 ft
Gross Storage 0.302 MAF
Live Storage 0.152 MAF
Length of Canals Right Bank 13.5 miles
Left Bank 11.3 miles
Command Area 33,200 Acres
 

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