58b 

 -2- 



Second, an examination of applicable irrigation techniques and management 

 plans for the Rechna Ooab area in which v/ells are now being installed. The 

 West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority's No. 1 project in 

 Rechna Doab will provide a means of checking the analytical studies as well as 

 the efficacy of the tube well approach. Experience in our western states 

 indicates that problems of irrigation management increase greatly in scope 

 and complexity when ground water pumped froni wells is used in conjunction 

 with canal water for irrigation. It may be necessary to modify the water 

 courses and to build diversion structures to handle the additional water from 

 the wells. I am told that it will certainly be necessary to dev-ise methods 

 for scheduling water delivery, both from the canals and the tube wells, for 

 collection of revenues, for operation and maintenance of pumps, and for 

 guidance to farmers in productive application of the increased water supply. 

 The problem of management will be complicated by the necessity both to 

 lower the water table and to increase and stabilize the water supply for 

 irrigation. 



Since the West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority's responsi- 

 bility for construction will shortly be connpleted, you may wish to consider 

 as soon as practicable the kind of managennent organization and procedures 

 which the new irrigation practices required by the tubewell system in Rechna 

 Doab will demand if they are to be effective. 



The third problem, as our experts see it, is that of maintaining and increasing 

 the harvest from irrigated lands, having in mind the fact that agricultural 

 conditions may be improved by the availability of more water than heretofore. 

 Specialists from our Department of '^.griculture will study this problem with 

 the hope of making reconnmendation that may be helpful in increasing 

 agricultural productivity. 



Finally, we plan to examine the e t to which the equipment and materials 



needed in these enterprises cou' '.pplied by your industry, either fronn 



existing or new plants. V/e are c ; nt tha.t a pubstantial portion of the 



mechanical and electrical equipment needed for the project, and perhaps also 

 the agricultural materials, ultimately could be produced in Pakistan, thus 

 helping in the development of your country's economy. 



Our scientific and engineering t s> i- ow lans a first visit to West Pakistan- - 

 by part of the group --during th' t r^/ paii of September, if that is convenient 

 for you. They hope to benefit frcni on-site inspections and evaluations and 

 from discussions with experts of the West Pakistan Water and Power Develop- 

 nr\ent Authority, the Department of Irrigation, the Department of Agriculture, 

 the Soil Reclamation Board, and other government officials. 



OFFICIAL USE ONLY 



