IRRIGATION

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Under the provisions of the International Water Treaty, the use of the Indus waters will be divided between India and Pakistan. with some exceptions provided for in the Treaty, the waters of the three Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) will be available for the use of India and the waters of the three Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) will be available for the use of Pakistan. The areas in Pakistan now irrigated from the Eastern Rivers would, in future, be irrigated by supplies transferred from the Western Rivers by a system of link canals, backed up by a volume of reservoir storage. These are the projects that will achieve the stated objectives: The Engineering Plan will involve a gigantic system of works requiring 10 to 12 years to construct. In West Pakistan, it will consist of the following projects: two large dams and storage reservoirs on the Jhelum and the Upper Indus; hydroelectric power installation at the Jhelum Dam; six new major inter-river link canals joining the Indus to the Jhelum, the Jhelum to the Chenab, the Chenab to the Ravi, and the Ravi to the Sutlej; three new barrages at points where a new canal crosses a river; remodelling of five existing barrages; remodelling of four existing inter-river canals; remodelling of four existing canals; and tubewell and drainage works.