Question

4. How has the Indira Gandhi canal helped the farmers of Rajasthan?​

Answer 1

Answer:

This canal is very important as it provides life to desert regions of Rajasthan ranging from Sri Ganganagar to Jaisalmer. It has made possible an intensive cultivation of food crops and cash crops in arid regions of Rajasthan.

The canal is 650km long and has a remarkable discharge capacity of 4873 cu ft/sec.The canal was named to honor Smt. Indira Gandhi after her assassination in 1985.

The point of origin of this canal is also the confluence region of two rivers i.e. Satluj and Beas.The point of origin sports a bird sanctuary and a wetland. It is a region of very high ecological importance for which Indira Gandhi canal has a great contribution.

This canal water has solved drinking water scarcity as well as agricultural activities through a big area of Rajasthan. This canal is also helping to recover of cultivation land from desert areas.

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Answer 2

Answer:

the Indira Gandhi canal provides water two parts of the Thar desert it has helped to make the land in the reason and has helped farmers to grow more crops a canel is a human made water way to carry water it has made it possible for farmers to grow crops like wheat and materials were large tracts of land