‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1879-80’ [‎199r] (404/752)

IRRIGATION.
1870-80.]
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■Rpwari Canals Yerla Canals and Gondoli Canal have been
i 3 intained and have irrigated respectively 762, 362 and
duly as compared with 674, 228 and 116 acres in the
357 acr , Progress has been made with the storage works
pr T U Yerla at Nehr. Rs. 1,01,225 have been expended during
0Ilt ar and Rs. 3,55,632 in all up to date. The Mhaswad
/ e was resumed as a relief work and considerable progress
with the earth-works of the dam. Expenditure amounted
ma i e i 64 074 during the year. The Maini Tank has been
t( ^ + llv'completed. The total cost has been Rs. 2,34,036. The area
•^‘Tted was 1,083 acres against 668 acres in 1878-79. The
im ^ rr iQ-ated from the Chikhli Canal ^ was 269 acres as compared
ar, th 21 R The Krishna Canal cost in maintenance and repairs
p 1 8 819; the total expenditure has been Rs. 6,17,276. The
KS ‘ ^rigated was 2,755 acres as compared with 2,594 acres in
t ] 1 ^previous year. The canal has been planted for miles with
babul and other trees ; these have now grown into fine timber, the
thinning of which will annually produce a considerable revenue.
Rs 21 048 were expended on restoring the old Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. Tank con
tinued as^a relief work. Progresswas similarly made with the Much-
kundi Tank. Various surveys in connection with irrigation pro
jects were carried on, but no work of importance was undertaken.
Early in the year His Excellency the late Governor of Bombay
visited the locality of the Gokak Canal scheme and proposed to
include in it the Jamkhandi territory and a portion of the Kaladgi
Collectorate. An estimate for the survey was prepared and has been
sanctioned. Meantime the first section of the project has been
commenced, including a weir and headworks on the Ghatprabha
River, with2| miles of main canal and a branch canal 11 miles in
length. This section commands a tract of country measuring 25,000
acres of goodculturable land. The cost is estimated at Es.4,lo,72o
audit will irrigate 8,600 acres. A convict gang 600 to 800 strong
was employed, throughout the year, on the first two miles oi the
canal, which is in hard rock cutting. They did work to e
value of Rs. 14,112. A site in the Nandi valley has been selected
for a storage tank. The catchment basin measures 155 square
miles. The dam to be raised will be 1,980 feet in lengt an
have a maximum height of 75 feet. The waste-weir W1 ®
feet in length and the storage capacity of the tank wr e /
million cubic feet. It is believed the people will eager y a e
the water, and the net revenue is estimated eventual y o
amount to Rs. 30,300.
The Madag Tank was maintained at a cost of Rs. 711. The
area irrigated was 420 acres compared with 392 last year.
other tanks have been maintained and improved, but seem o ca
for no remark. The bank of the Mavinkop Tank repeatedly
subsides. Shafts have been sunk to ascertain the cause ot tms,
but results are not yet ascertained.
No new works were carried out in connection with the ^ Deser
Canal.” The usual establishments were mamtarne unng
inundation season at a cost of Rs. 2,443.
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Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRI
BUTION.
Sdtdra.
Kalddgi.
Belgaum.
Dhdrwdr.
Sind.
Begdri Divi
sion.