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Home Dictionary Name: irrigationIrrigation work
Irrigation work, is defined under s. 4(d) of the Act as to include all land occupied by government for the purpose of reservoir, tanks etc. and other structures occupied by or on behalf of the State Government on such land, Orient Papers & Industries Ltd. v. Tahasildar-cum-Irrigation Officer, (1998) 7 SCC 303: AIR 1998 SC 3330 (3334). [Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 (14 of 1959), s. 4(d)]...
Irrigation
The act or process of irrigating or the state of being irrigated especially the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants...
Operational plan
Operational plan, means a schedule of irrigation deliveries with details of the mode and duration of supplies drawn up for regulation of irrigation in the command area of an irrigation system. [Rajasthan Farmers, Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(p)]...
Reservoir
Reservoir, a reservoir cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the following stream in an area such as water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. 'Reservoir' may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar, AIR 1998 SC 3330 (3334): (1998) 7 SCC 303. [Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 (14 of 1959), s. 4(d) and 28]Reservoir, cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the flowing stream in an area where water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. Reservoir, may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar...
Hydraulic basis
Hydraulic basis, means the basis for identifying a viable, irrigated area served by one or more hyd-raulic structure such as head works, distributaries, minors, outlets and the like, the Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(k)....
Its capacity of efficiency
Its capacity of efficiency, the expression 'its capacity or efficiency' means the capacity or efficiency of the irrigation tank. The word 'capacity' in its ordinary dictionary sense means 'holding-power ' or 'receiving-power', Y. Lakshmi Narayana Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1965 SC 580 (583). [T.N. Irrigation Tanks (Improvement) Act, (19 of 1949), s. 3(1)]...
Osrabandi
Osrabandi, means and includes a system of distribu-tion of water allocation to one or more group of water users in proportion of command area of such group/groups indicating duration of such water allocation in a cycle of irrigation. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(q)]...
Outlet
Outlet, means an opening constructed in maincanal/branch canal/distributary/minor and reservoir or through lift irrigation management which passes water into a water course or directly on any land. [Rajasthan Farmers Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(r)]...
Water allocation
Water allocation, in relation to an irrigation system means distribution of water determined from time to time by a farmers' organisation in its area of operation. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(v)]...
Water user
Water user, means and includes any individual or body corporate or a society, using water for agriculture, domestic, power, non-domestic commercial, industrial or any other purpose from a government source of irrigation. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(x)]...
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