4,184 Canal Miles To Be De-silted From Dec 26: Minister

A total of 620 perennial and non-perennial channels comprising 4,184 canal miles will be cleared of silt in a campaign to be initiated from December 26.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Dec, 2018 ) :A total of 620 perennial and non-perennial channels comprising 4,184 canal miles will be cleared of silt in a campaign to be initiated from December 26.

This was said by Punjab Minister for Irrigation Sardar Mohsin Khan Leghari while talking to the media at Irrigation Secretariat here on Thursday.

The irrigation department has finalised the de-siltation campaign plan for Rabi 2018-19, the minister said.

The first phase of the campaign will start from December 26 and it will continue till January 30 in the perennial canals of the system.

During the first phase, a total of 2194 canal miles of 316 perennial canals of the irrigation system will be de-silted.

Works on Mangla command canals are scheduled from December 26 to January 16, whereas works on Tarbela command canals are scheduled for January 13 to 30.

The minister said that the second phase of the campaign would be launched in March and it would continue till April 15 on selected non-perennial channels of the system.

During the second phase as many as 304 non -perennial channels spread throughout the system will be de-silted.