Hi Swetalina, I just can advise you as per my experience that the lining is useful if the seepage losses are high or the soil through which canal passes is a problematic soil. You may like to observe seepage losses in canal by ponding method.

Published January 28, 2015 08:57 by Yogesh Agrawal, Director (retired), Minor irrigation schemes, Water Resources Department at Govt of Rajasthan