SCOPE OF ENERGY CONSERVATION ON KANWARSAIN LIFT CANAL

摘要

The Indira Gandhi Canal Project (Earlier known as Rajasthan Canal Project) envisaged utilisation of surplus of Sutlej Beas water to irrigate an area of 15.4 lacs hectares of desert land. The project was divided in two stages for execution purpose (Figure 1). The Stage-I included 0.46 lac hectares of lift command area through a single lift scheme (Kanwarsain Lift Canal) and 4.79 lacs hectares of flow command. The construction of Stage I is almost complete with full utilisation of potential. The StageII comprises six lift schemes with command of 3.12 lac hectares and balance 7.0 lac hectares of command through flow.