Question

What are the various methods of irrigation in India?

Answer 1

Most of agriculture in India is rain dependent, several different kinds of traditional system are adopted to supply water to agricultural lands. The resources are wells, canals, rivers and tanks.

• Well : Dug wells water is collected from bearing strata.
• Tubewells : Can trap water from deeper strata.
• Canals : Most extensive irrigation system. Canals receive water from reservoirs or rivers.
  
• The main canal is divided into branches of canal having further distributaries to irrigate fields.
  

River lift system : Water is directly drawn from the river for supplementing irrigation in areas close to rivers.
Tanks : These are small storage reservoirs, which intercept and store the run-off in smaller catchment areas.