Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan: Salient Features (Set -2)

Wells, ponds, canals, tube-wells, lakes and dams are the different kinds of origin of water for irrigation. The irrigation system is an unnatural way of watering the soil for farming. Irrigation systems are mainly used in areas with scarcity of water like Rajasthan. Rajasthan occupies a 3,42,239 sq. km total region in India. The main source of income in Rajasthan comes from agriculture. Rajasthan people have known water scarcity due to uneven rainfall for years. Therefore drought and floods are very common in these areas. This article mainly described the medium and major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan.

Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan: Salient features 

Irrigation Projects generally comprise engineer features used in storing, spreading, and watering the crops for proper growth. The basic need of this project is to provide crops with water in an artificial manner. The irrigation system helps meet the people’s basic requirements, that is, the fiber requirement of India’s ever escalating population, by properly doing the land utilization and optimization. There are many medium and major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan given below. 

Medium Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan 

• Bharatpur Feeder Medium Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Medium

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Fateh Sagar Medium Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Medium

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Bandisendra/ Bendi Sendra Medium Irrigation

• Basin involves Kutch and Saurashtra involving Luni rivers of the west side.

• Project mode: Medium

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Meja Feeder Medium Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Medium

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Raipur Patan Medium Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Rajasthan inland irrigation region

• Project mode: Medium

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

There are many more medium Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan. Given above are some examples of them. 

Major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan

• Parwati Pickup weir Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Major

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Sikri Bund/ Sikari Major Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Major

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Gang Canal Major Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Indus till International Border

• Project mode: Major

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Harishchandra Sagar Major Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Ganga

• Project mode: Major

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

• Som Kamla Amba Major Irrigation Project

• Basin involves: Mahi

• Project mode: Major

• The motive of the project: Irrigation

• Condition of the project: Completed

There are many more major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan. Given above are some examples of them.

Effects of medium and major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan

Through the process of irrigation system, land utilization and optimization are done properly, and with this, the fibre requirement of India’s ever-escalating population is met in the higher demand. There are plenty of medium and major Irrigation Projects of Rajasthan due to the lesser amount of water present here compared to other states of India. Poor effects of the irrigation system can be controlled or minimised by properly designing and manufacturing the projects, as these projects are just done for the welfare of society and humans. And irrigation is a very important part of Rajasthan because overall rainfall measured in this region is about 64.9 cm and 32.7 cm in the East and West each year. So for the good land utilization and optimization, Irrigation is a major factor for Rajasthan.

There are huge numbers of Rajasthan minor, medium and major Irrigation Projects. Medium and major projects play a vital role in keeping the agricultural occupation of Rajasthan alive and meeting the basic food needs of the people. Cultivation is a basic need of humans that provides us with food. So it becomes very much important to find alternative ways to cultivate infertile land. In this case irrigation system plays a very important role because natural water cannot fulfil the needs because of the less availability of water resources, and irrigation provides artificial ways to water the crops and make the proper cultivation. 

Conclusion

As estimated in the above content, we can analyse that irrigation is the basic need for the cultivation process in the areas like Rajasthan, which face major water scarcity. Moreover, some medium and major Irrigation Projects in Rajasthan have been launched, making the cultivation possible in the areas with dry ground. Major projects are undertaken in the region, occupying more than ten thousand hectares. Medium projects are undertaken in the region occupying land within two thousand to ten thousand hectares. Therefore, research shows that these projects help meet the fibre requirement of India’s ever-escalating population.