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Modernizing Sarda Sahayak canal system: The Masscote approach
Author(s) -
Kumar Ravindra,
Shukla Navin,
Nigam D. P.,
Verma V. K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.554
Subject(s) - modernization theory , irrigation , investment (military) , business , agriculture , water resource management , environmental science , environmental planning , operations management , engineering , geography , economics , economic growth , political science , ecology , archaeology , politics , law , biology
Mapping system and services of canal management, operation and maintenance aims (a) to enable decision makers, before engaging in investment plans, to ensure that diagnosis and solutions are investigated properly in irrigation modernization projects (through a rapid appraisal procedure); and (b) to suggest some specific strategies on how one should make the best use of the modernization investment made currently (mapping system and services for canal operation techniques). On the basis of analysis carried out through a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department (UPID) training workshop on 7–19 December 2007 for the Jaunpur Branch Canal (JBC) system of the Sarda Sahayak Irrigation Scheme, this paper describes what more needs to be done for modernizing irrigation management in JBC and in other command areas of the state. Some suggestions are: (i) recycling water through shallow wells in the area close to the canal to reduce waterlogging; (ii) formation of a federation of Water Users Associations (WUA) to reduce the cost of operation; (iii) installation of more cross‐regulators in the branch canal to run the canal at the designed full supply level; (iv) installation of modular gates for distributaries and minors; (v) periodic calibration of measurement structures; and (vi) modernization of inner and outer cross‐sections of the canal to attain their water‐carrying capacity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.