Hi Richard, Greetings from Jaipur - Rajasthan- India. In Australia you have improved the canal systems to a greater extent. But a lot is to be done In India to improve water supply channel efficiencies particularly by improved planning, design, construction procedures and maintenance. The water courses (field channels) are to be constructed by farmers themselves as per their own design, resources. In most of the cases field channels have not been constructed in full length, due to so many social, political, local and financial reasons. Therefore full proposed irrigated area is not covered by the field channels. Cropping pattern while designing the canals is never implemented nor the canals are improved as per the cropping pattern followed by the farmers. However I am sure participants in India Water week 2015will learn so many things from your experience in Australia. Thanks again.
Published by Yogesh Agrawal, Director (retired), Minor irrigation schemes, Water Resources Department at Govt of Rajasthan
Hi Richard, Greetings from Jaipur - Rajasthan- India. In Australia you have improved the canal systems to a greater extent. But a lot is to be done In India to improve water supply channel efficiencies particularly by improved planning, design, construction procedures and maintenance. The water courses (field channels) are to be constructed by farmers themselves as per their own design, resources. In most of the cases field channels have not been constructed in full length, due to so many social, political, local and financial reasons. Therefore full proposed irrigated area is not covered by the field channels. Cropping pattern while designing the canals is never implemented nor the canals are improved as per the cropping pattern followed by the farmers. However I am sure participants in India Water week 2015will learn so many things from your experience in Australia. Thanks again.