Rs20.1b for irrigation sector in ADP 2020-21.

KARACHI -- The Government of Sindh has earmarked development budget of Rs20.1 billion in ADP 2020-21 for 198 on-going and 18 new un-approved schemes in the irrigation sector.

In his budget 2020-21 speech before the Sindh Assembly, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that during the financial year 2019-20 Rs 23.0 billion were allocated for Irrigation Sector on Non-Development side which was reduced to Rs 17.2 billion through Revised Estimates 2019-20.

He said that the agriculture sector depends upon strong Irrigation System as Sindh province comprising three barrages - Gudu, Sukkur and Kotri - with canal system assures irrigation supplies for a cultivable command area in Sindh. Besides, the system also provides drinking water for several cities and towns. Flood protective infrastructure consisting of bunds and allied river training work is the most important sector of the system.

The Sindh CM said that the barrages and downstream irrigation system was over half a century old and had completed its useful life, therefore needed significant rehabilitation. The Sindh Government, therefore, attached importance to the rehabilitation of all the three barrages, Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri and old irrigation systems, he added.

In wake of energy crisis, the diesel operated tube wells were being converted to solar/windpower to bring the arable land under cultivation, he said.

Further, government plans to develop high efficiency irrigation systems, conserving water to cultivate additional 30,000 acres of land.

He said that initiatives have also been taken to provide water for Thar Coal Projects for generation of electricity, improve water supply to...

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