. Indian cotton. Marala Shutters at the head of the Upper Chenab Canal. Indian requirements and for export; it is calculated to turn the watersof the Punjab rivers to the greatest advantage, without in any wayinterfering with the possibility of further schemes for utilising theBeas for the Sutlej valley, and the Indus for the Sind-Sagar-Thal. The Sutlej Valley Project, now under consideration, aims atutilising the surplus supply of the Sutlej and Beas rivers, and would,besides improving the water supply of the several inundation canalsnow dependent on the Sutlej, extend the benefits of irrigat
. Indian cotton. Marala Shutters at the head of the Upper Chenab Canal. Indian requirements and for export; it is calculated to turn the watersof the Punjab rivers to the greatest advantage, without in any wayinterfering with the possibility of further schemes for utilising theBeas for the Sutlej valley, and the Indus for the Sind-Sagar-Thal. The Sutlej Valley Project, now under consideration, aims atutilising the surplus supply of the Sutlej and Beas rivers, and would,besides improving the water supply of the several inundation canalsnow dependent on the Sutlej, extend the benefits of irrigation into thegreat desert south of the river. The cost is estimated at £6,000,000and the irrigabh area at 3,000,000 acres. Practically 80 per cent, of all Punjab cotton is grown on irrigatedland ; the remaining 20 per cent, is raised under rain cultivation, called barani. The rain crops are mostly near the base of the per cent, of the area irrigated is the outside limit whichcan be put under cul
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