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The Punjab Irrigation Department (Punjabi, Urdu: محکمہ آبپاشی پنجاب) is a provincial government department responsible for irrigation in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] It irrigates 21 million acres (8,500,000 ha) of the agricultural land in the province.
The ordinance was later adopted as Punjab Khal Panchayat Act on 13 December 2019. [1] After the promulgation of Punjab Khal Panchayat Ordinance on 22 May 2019, the Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority Act 1997 was repealed and Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) was also abolished along with its Area Water Boards (AWBs) and ...
The Inland Water Transport Development Company (IWTDC) is an initiative launched by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan established in 2014. [1] [2] The primary objective of this company is to establish an inland water transport system spanning the corridor of the Indus River, extending from Port Qasim to Nowshera. [3] It is situated in Rawalpindi.
The Baṛ Region, or the Baṛs (Bār) (Punjabi: بار (); Punjabi pronunciation: [bäːɾə̆]), is an area in Punjab, now part of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.The area consists of agricultural land that was cleared in the nineteenth century for the then 'new' canal irrigation system that the British were developing at the time. [1]
Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (2006–2012). The World Bank contributed a loan of US$50 million to improve municipal services in Punjab. The project is implemented by the provincial government of Punjab, with about half the funds going to water supply and sanitation. [79] Punjab Cities Governance Improvement (2012 onwards). In ...
The Ministry of Water Resources (Pakistan) Urdu: وزارت آبی وسائل, wazarat-e- aabi wasail (abbreviated as MoWR) is a Pakistan Government's federal and executive level ministry created on 4 August 2017 by then-Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The ministry is headed by Pakistan Secretary of Water Resources.
The sector contributes about 25% of the Pakistan's GNP (2000-2001). [8] The country still has the world's largest contiguous irrigation system. [9] In 1999-2000, the total irrigated area in Pakistan was 181,000 km². [10] Water is also essential for power generation in Pakistan, since about 29% is generated through hydropower. [11]
The Upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) off-taking from Madhopur irrigates agricultural lands in Punjab and provides water to the cities of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Batala and Amritsar. The headworks was one of the first irrigation projects constructed in Punjab during the British Raj, within 10 years of the conquest of Punjab. It provided irrigation in ...