Sidhwan Branch

The Sidhwan Branch is a branch of the Sirhind Canal that irrigates an area of 4.63 lakh acres in Punjab, India.[1]: 36 [2] It is 88.01 km long and has a discharge of 1,751 cusecs.[3] It is a link channel under the Bhakra canals, linking the old inundation canals of Daultwah and Kingwah. The Sidhwan Branch emerges from the Sirhind canal system with a 1,727 cusec capacity.[4] The branch was constructed in 1954 and takes from the Manpur Head to use discharge saved from the area served by Bhakra Canal and the Sirhind Feeder System for the purposes of irrigating the bet (floodplains) along the Sutlej River in Ludhiana, Moga, and Firozpur districts and passes through the city of Ludhiana.[5][1]: 262  The branch was later converted from a non-perennial (from April to October[6]) to a perennial branch.[7][1]: 36  The branch suffers from pollution due to discharge of sullage water from Gill Road near Punjab Agriculture University in Ludhiana.[1]: 264–265 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mahajan, Gautam (2009). Ground Water: Surveys and Investigation. APH Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9788131304747.
  2. ↑ Punjab District Gazetteers (Ludhiana): Supplement. Controller of Print and Stationery, Government of Punjab, India. 1985. p. 21.
  3. ↑ Woo, Hyoseop; Tanaka, Hitoshi; De Costa, Gregory; Lu, Juan (Apr 28, 2023). "An overview of irrigation practices in Punjab: Table 20.2 Capacity (discharge and length) of main canals of Punjab". Water Projects and Technologies in Asia: Historical Perspectives. CRC Press. p. 249.
  4. ↑ Rangachari, R. The Bhakra-Nangal Project: Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts. India: Oxford University Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN 9780195675344.
  5. ↑ Irrigation & Power: The Journal of the Central Board of Irrigation & Power. Vol. 42. Central Board of Irrigation and Power. 1985. p. 142.
  6. ↑ Dharmadhikary, Shripad; Sheshadri, Swathi; Rehmat. "Table 4.13: Summary of Major Features of Irrigation from the Bhakra-Nangal Project As Per the 1953 Project Design". Unravelling Bhakra: Assessing the Temple of Resurgent India. Manthan Adhyayan Kendra. p. 55.
  7. ↑ Mann, Vijepal Singh. "11: Development of Post Partition Irrigation and Related Infrastructure". Troubled Waters of Punjab. Allied Publishers. p. 50. ISBN 9788177643763.

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