Irrigation

Irrigation System In Pakistan

Pakistan is populated country.It has been estimated that seventy-five percent of our population is related to agriculture sector.The present irrigation system is almost hundred years old.The management of current irrigation system is the big challenge.

Surface Water

—The surface water source in Pakistan is Indus river and its branches are

—Chenab

—Jhelum

—Kabul

—Sutlej

—Ravi

INDUS BASIN IRRIGATION

—The area of Indus basin is 364515 miles2.Average annual rainfall in the Indus plain is about 9 inches.Pakistan and India signed water treaty in 1960 according to treaty Pakistan will use of western rivers and India will use of eastern rivers.The first reservoir “Mangla dam” was built in 1967 and the second reservoir “tarbela dam” completed in 1974.

PROVINCIAL-WISE IRRIGATED AREA