'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [‎44r] (81/106)

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) humh ^ & atl tlie Head Works. All the bays of the weir are clear of silt. The groynes in the first 10 miles
fcher esti??? 1 * of the main canal which runs through sand have worked satisfactorily and have protected
urred 0 ^ to the sides from scour. The spur banks constructed on the berms from 11 to 12 £ miles, have
Generalr e p a |g 0 g e rved their purpose, and the deep channels along the toes of the banks have been silted
k up to high water level. No breaches of any importance occurred. The expenditure on
bunds in severaU, Extensions and Improvements was Rs. 1,441 and the maintenance charges including Revenue
^ and Works Establishment and the maintenance of the telegraph line amounted to Rs.
id, Nano-esha P i 1 54 794 The total area irrigated under both kharif and rabi is about 277,000 acres or
' practical!v on!! ! nearly 50,000 acres more than last year and the remissions are trivial. The gross revenue
Jangesha anrl P f accruing from the canal for the revenue year will, it is expected, be not less than Rs.
Isinanvr^f 10 16 600 This amount includes Rs. 1,58,317 levied as extra water rate, sanctioned m
. Government Resolution No. 2955, dated the 2nd May 1903. The interior survey of the
Sub-divisions were squared dehs in the Southern District in the Jamesabad and Mirpur Khas Tdlukas was
ing and strength completed during the year, and also the resurvey of the village boundaries of the un squared
bar-Uchito Bunds 'r; dehs in the Northern District. The new records for the unsquared villages in the Northern
minor works oft District were prepared and issued to village and tdluka officers, and. those for the Southern
^as Rs. 31,851, > District were taken in hand. The canal was opened in the middle of May for kharif
567. cultivation. The supply was sufficient, with an average discharge at head of 2,413 cusecs
>rritorv from July to October. The rabi season opened with a good supply which continued till the
res or 2^9 ea 0I1: e nd of the season. Heavy rain in March caused some damage to crops. The duty per
S( l uare E cugec i g higher than in the previous year and it will increase when all the land under command
me village maps! ig • en * out for cu l t i va tion. Malarial fever was prevalent, especially in the months of
3 tor revenue purpt 0ct ° ber N ove mber, December and January which is the season for kharif crops being
lemareation was a harvested and rabi sowings made. This unhealthiness therefore affects to some extent the
e earthen bo® ^ eve i 0 p men t 0 f irrigation in the rabi season.
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it and Tools and! The expenditure of the year on the Dad Wah was Rs. 1,99,960 (' Works only) mainly
d remodelling of on distributaries. The works described in the last year’s report were completed. Extending
year being RsJ, and deepening the two branches Raj Wah and Yakhtiar Wah, commenced last year, were also
the year an exp' completed. Two regulators on the main canal, three on branch canals, one cross over-bridge
ie Begari Canab and four drainage channels were commenced during the year, kariahs and kasis were
Western Nara Di excavated by this Department at a cost Rs. 96,682 and some excavation was cained out by
^ear being Rs i! zamindars also. The canal was maintained at a total cost of Rs. 99,613. Owing to the silting
completed at am up of the mouth of the Feeder Dhand, due to heavy erosion of the river along the opposite
bank, and the two severe falls in the river in August, the canal suffered seriously. A gang
of men with boats were working for several months to keep the Feeder Dhand clear. Four
new channels were dug from two other Dhands to supplement the Dad Feeder supply. This
1 o 7 er mbMl did some good and with the heavy rain saved the crops. The interior survey of 32 villages
Unitted bein^W was completed and new records were prepared and issued to village and taluka officers.
The outlay of the year on the Nasrat Canal was Rs. 4,28,318 (‘ Works' only) of which
Rs. 3,23,840 were expended on earthwork, and the remainder on regulators, bridges and
id an increase of ai changes. Masonry works commenced last year were completed and the fixing of mile, bed
and tally stones on the main canal and branches was commenced. The excavation of four dis-
1 11 ank of the Mi tributaries was taken in hand, and nearly finished during the year, and the excavation of karias
9 These works t an d kasis in eight villages was nearly completed and about Jrd of the work was done in five
. * ^ on Mitt others. Progress was made in the widening of the Nasrat and the whole work will be ready
lS * - 0 1 of the! f 01 * t] b e coming inundation. Lundo, a branch canal which was extended &nd improved worked
remainder satisfactorily during the year under report. The initial survey having been completed, the
demarcation of new village boundaries and their interior surveys was taken in hand. Some
’der at a total cos! £ 2,100 acres were allotted during the year.
4,300 and 3,300 at rpp e MgErab Canal was maintained at a total expenditure, including Work Establishment
of Rs. 7,530, and with its branches worked fairly well till September, when the bed of its
. rirglv to si feeder silted up, owing to the greater quantity of the water in this feeder finding its way
iivation is i ) ano ^E er branch into Khairpur Territory. An arrangement has been made to prevent
, fhis occurring again. The branches were assisted by rotation.
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The capital outlay of the year on the Fuleli Canal was Rs. 33,130 ( ee Works ” only), of
which Rs. 19,041 were spent on distributaries from the Escape for rabi cultivation. The
additions to the Mirwah Talhar Regulator referred to in last year’s report were completed at
a total cost of Rs. 2,014. The contour survey was carried on in the Guni, Hyderabad and
Dero Mohbat Tdlukas, the expenditure being Rs. 8,870. Improvements to the Pandhi Wah
were in progress, the expenditure being Rs. 4,608 out of the estimate of Rs. 19,813. The
maintenance charges during the year, including Work and Navigation Establishments
amounted to Rs. 1,24,154. About 900 boats plied on the canal during the year, which carried
about 500,000 maunds of produce, and the receipts from taxes on boats and steam launches
amounted to Rs. 6,229, against which Rs. 3,082 were expended for the benefit of navigation.
Although the inundation was a very bad one, there will not be much decrease in cultivation,
the area of which was kept up by carrying on rotation throughout the season. Kharif will
show a decrease, but an increase is expected in rabi, which will probably be a record one.
This large rabi area is largely due to the Fuleli Escape, which besides having stopped
breaches, enables the Fuleli to be kept open throughout the year, so that water for rabi
can be obtained at any season. The advantages of the Escape are more and more evident
every year.
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Chap. XV.
PRODUCTION
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DISTRIBUTION.
Dad Wah.
Nasrat Canal.
Mehrab Canal.
Fuleli Canal.