Pakistan irrigation System updates

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Are we using dripping technology, anywhere?

 

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Are we using dripping technology, anywhere?

Yes.


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Drip irrigation system getting popular due to rising water shortage

Reuters
October 1, 2020


MARI: Obaidur Rehman hoped to grow water-hungry cucumbers and capsicum peppers on land he had bought in an arid area of eastern Pakistan — but the available water wasn’t sufficient for traditional irrigation.

So the 56-year-old farmer tried something new: A drip irrigation system, supported by a government initiative.

The system delivers small amounts of water only where needed, and has helped him get higher yields on his farm near Mari than on flood-irrigated land he owns elsewhere in Punjab.

The switch, besides allowing him to farm with 60 per cent less water, has cut the fertiliser he needs in half as less is washed away and wasted, Rehman said.
“Drip irrigation has come as a divine help to me in this arid area,” he said, sitting in a shed on his farm.

The method helps farmers use 60pc less water

Rehman is among a growing number of farmers in Pakistan who are turning to water-saving drip irrigation and sprinklers, which agricultural experts say can support yields in regions where seasonal rains are no longer a reliable source of water.

Farmers flood their fields to irrigate their crops, said Pervaiz Amir, director of the Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP), a non-governmental organisation.

A nine-year government effort to cut water waste, launched in 2012-2013, has so far helped 7,000 small-scale farmers make the move to water-efficient irrigation, said Malik Muhammad Akram, head of the Punjab Agriculture Department’s water management programme.

Over the past 30 years, Pakistan has gone from a country enjoying an abundance of water to one facing increasing water stress.


Between 1990 and 2015, the amount of water available per person dropped from just over 2,170 cubic metres to about 1,300 cubic metres, according to a 2017 report by the United Nations Development Programme.
That was the result of rapid population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation and water-intensive agricultural practices, combined with growing climate impacts, the report said.


Agriculture today contributes about one-fifth of Pakistan’s GDP, according to a study published last year by the World Bank. But Muhammad Arif Goheer, an agriculture expert at the Global Change Impact Studies Centre in Islamabad, a climate change think-tank, said changing patterns of monsoon and winter rains are a big problem for rain-fed farms in arid areas.

Increasingly, farmers either do not get rain when they need it or get too much rain when their crops need dry conditions, he said.

But access to water-efficient irrigation can give farmers in arid regions a reliable water source and also allow them to grow high-value crops, such as olives and grapes, that often require more water, Goheer said.

The Punjab government’s Rs67.5 million ($407,300) project provides subsidies for small-scale farmers to install sprinklers and drip irrigation systems, some using solar power to run them.

With the motto “more crop per drop”, the Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project, run in partnership with the World Bank, aims to have new irrigation systems installed on 120,000 acres of farmland by next year.

Akram, of the agriculture department, said that so far 66,000 acres of land have been switched to water-efficient systems.

Nearly half of that was barren land that has been put back into use as a result of the project in three water-scarce areas, Potohar, Thal and Cholistan, he said.

Work has already started on converting another 11,000 acres of land over to new irrigation methods, he added.
On average, drip irrigation and sprinkler systems use at least 50 per cent less water than flood irrigation, Akram said.

But sprinklers and drip irrigation do not work for all farmers, noted Amir of the PWP.
After farmers lay the pipes for the irrigation systems, they must remain undisturbed for four or five years because digging them up and moving them is so expensive, he explained.

With vegetable and orchard farming, farmers can leave the pipes where they are, but for other popular crops, like rice, wheat and cotton, pipes need to be removed for ploughing and land preparation prior to each new crop, he said.

 

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Drip irrigation system getting popular due to rising water shortage

Reuters
October 1, 2020


MARI: Obaidur Rehman hoped to grow water-hungry cucumbers and capsicum peppers on land he had bought in an arid area of eastern Pakistan — but the available water wasn’t sufficient for traditional irrigation.

So the 56-year-old farmer tried something new: A drip irrigation system, supported by a government initiative.

The system delivers small amounts of water only where needed, and has helped him get higher yields on his farm near Mari than on flood-irrigated land he owns elsewhere in Punjab.

The switch, besides allowing him to farm with 60 per cent less water, has cut the fertiliser he needs in half as less is washed away and wasted, Rehman said.
“Drip irrigation has come as a divine help to me in this arid area,” he said, sitting in a shed on his farm.

Rehman is among a growing number of farmers in Pakistan who are turning to water-saving drip irrigation and sprinklers, which agricultural experts say can support yields in regions where seasonal rains are no longer a reliable source of water.

Farmers flood their fields to irrigate their crops, said Pervaiz Amir, director of the Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP), a non-governmental organisation.

A nine-year government effort to cut water waste, launched in 2012-2013, has so far helped 7,000 small-scale farmers make the move to water-efficient irrigation, said Malik Muhammad Akram, head of the Punjab Agriculture Department’s water management programme.

Over the past 30 years, Pakistan has gone from a country enjoying an abundance of water to one facing increasing water stress.


Between 1990 and 2015, the amount of water available per person dropped from just over 2,170 cubic metres to about 1,300 cubic metres, according to a 2017 report by the United Nations Development Programme.
That was the result of rapid population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation and water-intensive agricultural practices, combined with growing climate impacts, the report said.


Agriculture today contributes about one-fifth of Pakistan’s GDP, according to a study published last year by the World Bank. But Muhammad Arif Goheer, an agriculture expert at the Global Change Impact Studies Centre in Islamabad, a climate change think-tank, said changing patterns of monsoon and winter rains are a big problem for rain-fed farms in arid areas.

Increasingly, farmers either do not get rain when they need it or get too much rain when their crops need dry conditions, he said.

But access to water-efficient irrigation can give farmers in arid regions a reliable water source and also allow them to grow high-value crops, such as olives and grapes, that often require more water, Goheer said.

The Punjab government’s Rs67.5 million ($407,300) project provides subsidies for small-scale farmers to install sprinklers and drip irrigation systems, some using solar power to run them.

With the motto “more crop per drop”, the Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project, run in partnership with the World Bank, aims to have new irrigation systems installed on 120,000 acres of farmland by next year.

Akram, of the agriculture department, said that so far 66,000 acres of land have been switched to water-efficient systems.

Nearly half of that was barren land that has been put back into use as a result of the project in three water-scarce areas, Potohar, Thal and Cholistan, he said.

Work has already started on converting another 11,000 acres of land over to new irrigation methods, he added.
On average, drip irrigation and sprinkler systems use at least 50 per cent less water than flood irrigation, Akram said.

But sprinklers and drip irrigation do not work for all farmers, noted Amir of the PWP.
After farmers lay the pipes for the irrigation systems, they must remain undisturbed for four or five years because digging them up and moving them is so expensive, he explained.

With vegetable and orchard farming, farmers can leave the pipes where they are, but for other popular crops, like rice, wheat and cotton, pipes need to be removed for ploughing and land preparation prior to each new crop, he said.

Dripping technology can save us the coming times with extreme water shortages

 

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Panjnad Headworks, Bahawalpur Under Construction in 1930's.

 

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ISLAMABAD:The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) met on Thursday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, approved various development projects.

ECNEC approved the Sindh Resilience Project (Irrigation Component) for construction of small dams to address drought prone areas of Sindh including system for improving resilience phase-II in districts of Malir (Karachi), Jamshoro, Thatta, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkar, Khairpur, Qambar-Shahdad Kot and Tharparkar in the Province of Sindh.

The project would be sponsored and executed by the Irrigation Department, Sindh. The source of funding includes US$ 11.50 million (7.5%) share of Sindh government and US$ 141.51 million (92.5%) loan from the World Bank while the total cost of the project has been estimated at US$ 153.01 million (Rs. 24,493.841 million).

Likewise, ECNEC also approved a Balochistan Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Project (BIWRMDP), sponsored and executed by the Irrigation Department, Balochistan.

The project would increase the agricultural production, generate employment opportunities and develop agro-based industry through Integrated Water Resource Management across 11 districts in the Balochistan province.

The proposed project would be funded by the World Bank – IDA (up to 96%) and Balochistan government and Farmer’s share (up to 4%) amounting to Rs. 14,747.74 million in total. The project is expected to be completed in 06 years.

The committee approved Basol Dam Project for Balochistan which would be sponsored by the Ministry of Water Resources and executed by the Irrigation Department, Balochistan with a total cost equal to Rs. 18,679.89 million.

ECNEC approved the Nai Gaj Dam Project (2nd revised PC-I) for District Dadu, Sindh Province at the cost of Rs. 46,980.35 million rupees. WAPDA and Irrigation Department, Sindh will be the executing agencies for the proposed project.

The main objective of the project is conservation of the available flood flows up to a gross storage capacity of 0.30 MAF and power generation of 4.2 MW. It would also help in irrigation of 56,739 acres along with controlling the soil erosion on the downstream side of the dam.

 

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Construction work on Mohmand Dam swiftly progressing. The project was inaugurated by PM Khan.
Expected year of completion is 2025.

This project will contribute heavily to the economic growth of Pakistan.

• 2 Billion 86 Crore units of electricity will be produced annually
• Peshawar, Nowshera & Charsadda will be protected from flood
• 1,80,000+ Acres will be irrigated .

 

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Reviewing construction activities at the project, WAPDA Chairman said that Mohmand Dam, like all other water and hydropower projects, is instrumental for economic stability of Pakistan and social development in the country, Khyber Pakhtunknwa in particular, therefore, timely completion of this project is of paramount importance.

He directed the project management to gear up their efforts the purpose. It is the 5th highest concrete-face-rock-fill Dam (CFRD) in the world. On completion, the dam will store about 1.2-million-acre feet (MAF) of water and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera districts.

Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 18,237 acres of new land will also be irrigated.

 

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Mohmand Dam Hydro Power Project
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Excavation works has been started at Inlet Portal of Left Bank irrigation Tunnel
Irrigation Tunnel at Right Bank length is 3.5 km long along with more than 1km long access Tunnel. Similarly one irrigation tunnel is located at Right bank which is almost 5 km long with 746m access tunnel.
These tunnels will provide irrigation water to the area and small powerhouse is proposed to generate 4.3MW power from these tunnels.

 

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12 lakh acres feet water storage with one lakh and 76 thousand acres of land irrigating.
800 Mega watt electricity will be produced, the second major plan after 51 years of Tarbela Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mohmand Dam Project will be completed in 2025. Work in progress.

12لاکھ ایکڑ فٹ پانی ذخیرہ ایک لاکھ 76ہزار ایکڑ زمین سیراب۔
800میگا واٹ بجلی پیدا ہوگی، خیبر پختونخوا میں تربیلا ڈیم کے 51 سال بعد دوسرا بڑا منصوبہ مہمند ڈیم۔
جس کی تعمیر اہمیت کی حامل ہے۔ منصوبہ 2025 میں مکمل ہوگا۔کام زوروں شور سے جاری ہے۔

 

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Kurram Tangi Dam ( Stage-1 )

Work on Feeder Tunnel (1.4 Km), Power House and Spaira Ragha Canal is in full swing. Overall progress is 57%. All efforts are being made to complete project within timeframe in a challenging security environment.
Credits: FWO

 

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Mangla lake

 

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The extension of Baran Dam in Bannu district which will bring thousands acres of barren land under cultivation in the area and will also serve as a tourist spot.

 

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Belar Dam
around 50 km NE of Gwadar
Balochistan

 

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canal from Indus at Sukkur.