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Flow Irrigation
Inundation canals
YEAR
EVENT
1964
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
1970
1975
1980
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATORS
1985-90
1995
ASSIGNMENT - Due on
Wednesday
Q1. The gross command area of Lower Jhelum Canal is 0.5 million
hectare and in this 25,000 ha is unculturable. Two crops i.e. wheat
and rice is grown over 0.3 and 0.25 million hectares. Duty of Kharif
crop is 3500 ha/cumec and that of Rabi is 4200 ha/cumec. The over
conveyance losses of canal system is 20 %. Compute designed
discharge of this canal and cropping intensity in this area for various
seasons.
Q2. Compute the head discharge of a canal from the following
information provided by irrigation department of Sindh at Kotri
Barrage. The value of time factor may be assumed as 0.75.
Crop
Base Period (days)
Area (ha)
Duty
(ha/cumec)
Wheat
120
40000
3000
Rice
120
50000
2500
Sugarcane
300
25000
1500
Maize
100
5000
3000