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Mar 1965
Irrigation in India: Past and Present
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Volume 91, Issue 1
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Practice of irrigation in India can be traced to prehistoric times. Water from wells, tanks, and canals was used intensively for irrigation practices. India has immense resources in terms of land and water, but until 1960-1961 only 9% of total annual surface water flow available had been tapped for irrigation. Out of nearly 467,000,000 acres of arable area available, only 70,000,000 acres were irrigated during 1960-1961. Today (1964) food production is India’s most important problem and, consequently, irrigation plays an important part in the national economy and welfare. Hence, top priority was given to irrigation and power in the First Five-Year Plan 1951-1956.
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Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 91 • Issue 1 • March 1965
Pages: 179 - 189
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© 1965 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Asit K. Biswas, AM.ASCE
Lecturer in Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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