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ECEC 4130
Q1. Prepare a presentation with the group number assigned according to your Serial No.
Group No. Presentation Topic Sr. No.
1 Canal losses in India with suitable data 1-5, 26-30
2 Sodic soils 6-10, 31-35
3 Water-logging problem in India 10-15, 36-40
4 New techniques for Salinity and alkalinity-Reclamation 16-20, 41-45
5 Lining of canals with suitable examples 21-25, 46-50
Q2. A distributary canal takes off from a branch canal having CBL at 204.0 m and FSL at 205.8 m. The
gross commanded area at the head of the distributary is 30,000 hectares, and after each km it is reduced
by 5,000 hectares. Out of this
command, the culturable area is only 75%. The intensity of irrigation for the Rabi and Kharif seasons is
32% and 15% respectively. Design suitable channel sections for the first 3 km of this distributary, assuming
the following data:
(i) Total losses below km 3 = 0.44 cumec.
(ii) Channel losses occur@ 2 cumecs/million square metres of wetted perimeter.
(iii) Kor period for Rabi (wheat) = 4 weeks
(iv) Kor depth for Rabi = 14 cm
{v) Kor period for Kharif (Rice) = 2.5 weeks
(vi) Kor depth for Kharif = 20 cm.
(vii) Manning's n = 0.0225.
(viii) Critical velocity ratio = 0.95.
The ground levels at every 200 metres, along the line of the proposed alignment,
have been obtained and are tabulated in table:
Distance from head in metres Reduced level (G.T.S) in metres
0 205.20
200 205.30
400 205.25
600 205.00
800 204.90
1000 204.30
1200 104.30
1400 204.20
1600 204.20
1800 204.10
2000 204.05
2200 204.00
2400 203.95
2600 203.95
2800 203.90
3000 203.80
