A Study of Water Irrigation Pattern towards Agriculture Power in Haryana

Irrigation water is one of the critical components in agriculture. The natural source of irrigation is rainfall which is unreliable and unpredictable in terms of quantity, incidence, frequency and duration in the present scenario. In order to over the problem of irrigation water deficiency, dependence on artificial sources of irrigation water has increased over the period. The improvement in agricultural production & productivity depends primarily on the expansion of irrigation facilities. Irrigation has also led to an increase in cropping intensity. A significant proportion of net irrigated area in Haryana has been dependent on tube well irrigations. Farmers generally prefer groundwater for irrigation because of its reliability and flexibility. Ground water has been extracted by electric tube wells and diesel pump sets.