WORLD BEST IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Pakistan is blessed with some natural gifts and one of them is the irrigation system. Almost 75% of the land which is in agricultural use is covered by the irrigation system. Rivers have been the largest water source for many years, the rain fall has also been an important source and the third one is ground water.The major source of water supply is Indus river along with its tributaries, and to utilize this source in better way dams and barrages have been established on them.Economy is based on agriculture and for that ALLAH Al Mighty blessed it with the best irrigation system in the world. Tarbela and Mangla are the larger dams and they generate hydro electricity as well as storing water and irrigating land, where as there are some small dams which only use as water reservoir and also supply water, some of the Small dams are Kanpur dam, Rawal dam and Hub dam.