'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎192r] (115/148)

2909-1910-]
IRRIGATION 1 .
ybe Rahuja head of the Sukkur Canal was opened on the 5 th June 1909
„ well dR r i n ^ season > niaintaining a good water level thronoJmnf tV w, r j ^ u J
to ope tt the old head, as the Rahuja Head providef^fc supply S cla,
rf „uirements.
71 Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
It worked distribution.
was round
This canal was opened on the 4th June 1909. The snpplv during the -r™ r •
( was a deficiency in the supply o£ certain branches and in the tail o£ the Ghdr 6MrCa ' !a1 '
relieved by frequent rotahons m the Nasirabad Talnka o£ the Kambar Sub-divSon
a, i. which was opened on the 27th MW. wntWrl j u u 1 V ision.
which was relieve, ny irequenr rotations m the Wasirabad Taluka o£ the Kambar Sab-divisiM
The Pordwah which was opened on the 27th May worked well. At the end o£ the season
Lm of the Dhands feeding it silted owing to the rapid erosion of the river iust aW
the “ Dhands. To improve the supply of the Ghar, three works (1) anew feeder teethe
phand leading to the ordwah, etc., called the Fordwah Feeder^ ( 2 ) widening Dhoro entire
r jver to feed the Ghar Dhand, and (3) clearance of Dhoro No. 1 ex Ghar Dhand leading to
pordwah, were carried out at an aggregate cost of Rs. 45,004. s
The work of widening the new Akil Month to the Western Nara was practically Western m™.
completed. The bund at the mouth of tae canal was removed on the 16th May 1909 and
the canal worked, on the whole, fairly well aided by its two feeders (the Pritchard Canal and
the New Feeder). The total expenditure to the end of the year was Rs. 1,65,887. The work
0 f clearing the tail of the Akil Dhand was commenced and the expenditure'durino* the year
was Rs. 15,000. The other canals in the Western Nara District, i. e,, Pritchard the New
Feeder and the Marvi, worked very well. ’
This canal has its off-take from a ‘‘Kohri,” which in turn is fed by a cut from the Sattah.
left bank of the river in the Shahbandar Sub-division of the Karachi Canals District. The
cut silted heavily in the inundation of 1908, but was cleared in the working season of 1909
at a cost of Rs. 15,014. The canal worked well, and the area cultivated was above the average
and the crop outturn exceptionally good, ° ’
„ b, Cana ' s District, the works of raising and strengthening the banks Works for which only
of Rajib, Chiti, and. oaiang Canals, commenced last year, were completed during the year Revenue Accounts
under report and a Protective Bund along the southern boundary of the Garhi Halim Forest are kept '
was constructed. In the Karachi Canals, the canals worked well ; a few breaches in the banks
of Pinyari and Baghar were Successfully closed. Special repairs to the Baghar embankments,
which were commenced in the last year, were completed this year at a total cost of Rs. 16,582’.
New Regulators over the Mahomedwah in mile 44 of the Mulchand Shahbunder Bund/ and
Mirwah Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. in mile 42/1, and the Khatian behind Panah Baghar Bund at mile 1 / 4 , and
a combined regulator over the Ha.jiwah and the Jamwah, were constructed during the year.
The erosion of the Indus north of Sukkur was excessive during the year. On the right Kashmor Bund,
bank, from the northern portion of the flood embankment, termed the Kashmor Bund, erosion
set in heavily at the Unharwah mouth, and continued from mile 10 to 7 of the 1896 loop. The
important works along this length during the year under report were (a) on the New Ghonspur
loop, an outlay of Rs, 37_,627, [6) reconstructing old Tori Bund from Tori Bungalow (Ghonspur
loop) to 1896 Loop Tori Cross at an expenditure of Rs. 20,989, (c) constructing Haibat loop
from Ghoraghat to Tori Stop Gates Regulator at a cost of Rs. 1,01,153, and (d) a loop from
the Tori Bungalow to the junction at an outlay of Rs. 18,848. Extension of the
Khunderwah to feed the Ghonspur Branch was completed, the cost being Rs. 6,146.
fShikarpur Canals District, on the southern part of the right embankment
above Sukkur, a continuation of the Kashmor Bund, called the Sukkur Begari Bund, the
important works undertaken were («) raising the Sukkur Begari Bund, mile 19/1 to 19/64
(9 constructing seven loops to Sukkur Begdri Bund, i.e., (Emergency loop, 30/3 mile loop, 29/;
mile loop, North loop, Tie loop, South loop, and West loop) ; (c) raising and strengthening the
existing Abad loop of 1900. This was necessary as the Sukkur Begdri Bund in front of
e existing Abad loop of 1900 was threatened by river erosion at mile 23/0. Nearly 2/3 of
m work was completed during the year under report; (d) Railway Diversion Bund, Rohri.
wing to rapid and extensive erosion of the river n 3 ar the main line of the North-Western
i/ 1 .way, North of Rohri between that town and Mando Diaro, a diversion two miles long
m/t ^ rea, b en ed portion was constructed, the Irrigation Department making the river
I „ puroiou. Was UUUSht UUUtJU, bno Aizigtiuuu i/epai hmeu 0 u-io HYCl
Ce ramm ed earth and watertight. The cost of the work carried out by Irrigation Depart-
11 was Ks. 32,457. Special reports have been made on the work done at these places of
cor/ Se / ere eros i ° n 5 (5) on the Sukkur Begari Bund and (d) near Rohri, and the officers
tanked for their successful efforts. In the Karachi Canals District, the important
] 0Tr / S , Gom pkted during the year under report were (i) raising and strengthening Marho
Us 3‘N->y17,990, (ii) new Munarki loop, Rs. 70,824, and (hi) new Kokawari loop
KhelaU^ 111 "^ surve y ^ ie Baghar Canal and its branches, survey for the proposed Surveys,
of the tl e g*hri Remodelling, and the preparation of the detailed plans and estimates
Ms k ® a,T1 ^ Canal Project were completed during the year under report. An outlay
other ^’isg the year in connection with the survey for the diversion of Ghotki and
Bist/ t r0m the ' Ea3tern Nara ' o£ Rs ‘ 11 ^ 225j aud has been aecount8(i £or in tbe Eastern