As per the information available on the
website of Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India, the
percentage of cultivated land area that is covered by the Irrigation in
different areas of Punjab is about 97.03%. The district wise detail is at
Annexure.
As per the Twelfth Five Year Plan
(2012-17) of the State of Punjab Volume-I Chapter-3 ‘Irrigation & Flood
Control’, during the 11th Plan, about 157 thousand hectares has been
brought under irrigation and that the Twelfth Five Year Plan envisages creation
of irrigation potential of about 300 thousand hectares as also the restoration
of an irrigation potential of
about 660 thousand hectares.
Cost per hectare/acre of providing
irrigation facilities varies from project to project depending upon several
factors including topography, location of Command area etc.
This information was given by Union Water Resources
Minister Shri Harish Rawat in the Lok Sabha today in
reply to a written question.
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Annexure
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Detail of District Wise Net-Irrigated Area, Cultivated Area and
% of NIA to Cultivated Area in Punjab
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District Name
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Net
Irrigated Area
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Cultivated
Land
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% of Net Irrg Area to Cultivated land
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2010-11
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2010-11
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2010-11
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1. AMRITSAR
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217053
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221215
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98.12
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2. BARNALA
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124346
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124346
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100.00
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3. BHATINDA
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295170
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296483
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99.56
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4. FARIDKOT
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125800
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127499
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98.67
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5. FATEHGARH
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101904
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101904
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100.00
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6. FEROZPUR
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470288
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473496
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99.32
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7. GURDASPUR
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248049
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287004
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86.43
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8. HOSHIARPUR
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185404
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200139
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92.64
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9. JALANDHAR
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236421
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236421
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100.00
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10. KAPURTHALA
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133641
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133651
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99.99
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11. LUDHIANA
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300665
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300665
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100.00
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12. MANSHA
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187563
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196484
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95.46
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13. MOGA
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197511
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197511
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100.00
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14. MOHALI
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69006
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81516
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84.65
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15. MUKTSAR
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224899
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239803
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93.78
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16. NAWAN SHEHAR
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88400
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98281
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89.95
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17. PATIALA
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262901
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266932
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98.49
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18. RUPNAGAR(ROPAR)
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70356
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80443
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87.46
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19. SANGRUR
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312628
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312628
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100.00
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20. TARN TARAN
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218013
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218013
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100.00
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Total
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4070018
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4194434
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97.03
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Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation,
Government of India
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