Re-excavated canals boost irrigation in Barind tract

RAJSHAHI: Farmers were gradually becoming habituated to irrigating their cropping fields with canal water side by side with deep tube-wells in Barind area for the last couple of years, reports BSS.

“We are getting water for irrigating our croplands round the year from Sharmangla canal in Godagari upazila of the district,” said Aminul Islam, a farmer of a nearby village.

He is now happy with canal water based irrigation in the current Aush transplantation season. Nazrul Islam, 45, another farmer of Rajabari village, said canal water contains humus which is important for soil fertility as well as boosting crop yield.

“We are so much happy with getting chances of irrigation using surface water round the year,” he added.

Like them, canal water irrigation has made thousands of farmers happy in the high Barind area as their dependence on deep tube wells and rainfall has been reduced to some extent. “In phases, we are re-excavating more than 38.85-kilomter derelict canals and constructing 16 submerged wares for creating surface water reservoir,” said Shamsul Huda, Superintending Engineer of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA).

Process of commissioning of around 1.23 lakh meters underground upvc pipelines is progressing fast to enhance the irrigation efficiency. At least 96 power-driven low lift pumps were set up for using the conserved water in the re-excavated canals for irrigation purposes.

Highlighting salient features of the project, Engineer Huda said BMDA has been implementing the canal water improvement scheme aims at lessening the gradually mounting pressure on groundwater for irrigation purposes.

Re-excavated canals boost irrigation in Barind tract

RAJSHAHI: Farmers were gradually becoming habituated to irrigating their cropping fields with canal water side by side with deep tube-wells in Barind area for the last couple of years, reports BSS. We are getting water for irrigating our croplands round the year from Sharmangla canal in Godagari upazila of the district, said Aminul Islam, a farmer of a nearby village. He is now happy with canal water based irrigation in the current Aush transplantation season. Nazrul Islam, 45, another farmer of Rajabari village, said canal water contains humus which is important for soil fertility as well as boosting crop yield. We are so much happy with getting chances of irrigation using surface water round the year, he added. Like them, canal water irrigation has made thousands of farmers happy in the high Barind area as their dependence on deep tube wells and rainfall has been reduced to some extent. In phases, we are re-excavating more than 38.85-kilomter derelict canals and constructing 16 submerged wares for creating surface water reservoir, said Shamsul Huda, Superintending Engineer of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA). Process of commissioning of around 1.23 lakh meters underground upvc pipelines is progressing fast to enhance the irrigation efficiency. At least 96 power-driven low lift pumps were set up for using the conserved water in the re-excavated canals for irrigation purposes. Highlighting salient features of the project, Engineer Huda said BMDA has been implementing the canal water improvement scheme aims at lessening the gradually mounting pressure on groundwater for irrigation purposes.