PPP ~ Development projects and modernisation of Sindh

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It is understandable to post pictures of newly constructed/under construction roads/bridges, new policies, govt schemes etc but posting pics of traffic department officials fixing traffic signals, sanitation workers doing sanitation work.....wth? Isn't that what they're supposed to be doing??

And that picture of a man fixing a signal is not even from Pakistan.

 

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Rohri Canal Lining Completed

http://engineeringreview.com.pk/rohr...-pukki-canals/


Despite huge costs, lining of main canals for conserving water is considered vital for systems upkeep. Water conservation is becoming increasingly important due to changing weather patterns and rising brackish groundwater. Evaporation during flows is also too high in major and minor channels. Pilot project of lining 10km of Rohri Canal, usually called mini Indus, has been completed in time (cost Rs3.1bn), says Sindh Irrigation Department. This is Pakistan's first project of canal lining a lifeline for Sindh's agriculture. It irrigates 2.6m acres on Indus left bank. The canal was lined from RD-619 to RD-647. Lining of the remaining 219 miles of the canal too is important as it irrigates farms producing huge quantities of sugarcane, rice, cotton and wheat. The lining was designed to overcome water shortage at the tail end reaches, to avoid wastage, overcome salinity and water logging, reclaim around 5,000 acres and save 200 cusecs of water for irrigating 60,000 acres. Concreting was done in 20 days. It is now operating smoothly, says SE. A recent Planning Commission report says that 15pc water losses happen on main canals, 8pc at branches, 30pc at channels and another 30pc at uneven farmlands and those that are not laser leveled. Canal lining is not advised in areas with sweet groundwater, as lined channels affect recharge of groundwater. But it is needed where groundwater is brackish, to ensure optimum use of depleting water resources. Lining is essential for Sindh's irrigation network, deteriorating daily. 2010 and 2011 floods had seriously hurt the irrigation network and forced spending billions of rupees on systems rehabilitation. Sindh has 14 main canals taking off from 3 barrages, plus a flood channel, Rainee Canal, is under construction at Guddu Barrage. Sindh hopes to achieve 100pc lining of perennial canals like Rohri and Nara over some years. Lining in one go is impossible, says an irrigation officer. Lining with concrete, blocks seepage and improves flow. According to research, conveyance in unlined canals with sandy soil, is around 75pc. It can improve to 90-95pc, with high quality lining; else it may drop to 70pc. Lining of canals is important and also very costly. So Sindh will need funding from Islamabad as Sindh alone cant afford it, argued a top member of Sindh Abadgar Board. Musharraf regime had launched National Program for Improvement of Watercourses (NPlW) for lining 23,000 kms of water courses. The project remains incomplete. Efficiency had improved significantly where water courses were lined. In Australia, piped water is supplied to farms to tackle evaporation losses. In developed world, experts are now talking about controlling evaporation as channels lining was done a long time ago. Water velocity improves in lined canals. But if the quality remains low, it easily erodes canal bed or causes breach/s, and sometimes becomes more dangerous than unlined channels.

 

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KARACHI: Sindh government on Saturday made the decision to establish renewable energy power projects in seven districts of the province in order to overcome power shortage, Radio Pakistan reported.

During a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah in Karachi, it was decided that renewable energy power projects will be established in Thatta, Jamshoro, Larkana, Sukkur, Tharparkar, Matiari and Sanghar Districts.

Further, during the meeting , Shah emphasised upon speeding up the process of allotment of land for these projects.

 

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