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... increasing the supply of water for agriculture . * The question seems to be : how best to increase that supply ? * Asit Biswas , one of the world's leading authorities on irrigation schemes and other water development projects , argued ...
... increasing the supply of water for agriculture . * The question seems to be : how best to increase that supply ? * Asit Biswas , one of the world's leading authorities on irrigation schemes and other water development projects , argued ...
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... increase in the pore pressures , and failure may occur . Such change will occur es- pecially along joints , faults , or other weaknesses allowing flow of the pore fluid . As a result of the increase of pore pressures , the normal ...
... increase in the pore pressures , and failure may occur . Such change will occur es- pecially along joints , faults , or other weaknesses allowing flow of the pore fluid . As a result of the increase of pore pressures , the normal ...
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... increase it fur- ther would reduce the revenue accruing from canal charges . The Reh Committee , realizing that prices would never be increased , therefore recommended that wherever possible " lift irrigation " should be substituted for ...
... increase it fur- ther would reduce the revenue accruing from canal charges . The Reh Committee , realizing that prices would never be increased , therefore recommended that wherever possible " lift irrigation " should be substituted for ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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