IEKIGATION 



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new irrigation works in the Deccan is carried out, it 

 should completely alter the face of the country. The 

 following table shows the principal irrigation canals 

 in the Deccan with the area irrigated. 



Table Showing Principal Canals in the Deccan, 

 Date of Opening Canals and Area Irrigated. 



N.B. — The figures for areas irrigated show the actuals for 1918-19, 

 for the first nine canals, and for the last three are only estimates. 



The possibilities of irrigation in the Deccan, which 

 an extensive survey has disclosed, are very great, and 

 as the projected works are constructed, the result on 

 the agricultural wealth of the tract should be striking. 



Another notable land improvement which must be 

 mentioned consists of the construction of field em- 

 bankments to check erosion and to catch as much 

 silt as possible and as much rain water as is needed. 



