STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF USEFUL LIFE OF TUBEWELLS

Mohammad Afzal
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Mohammad Afzal: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad

The Pakistan Development Review, 1973, vol. 12, issue 1, 81-90

Abstract: The use of deep public tubewells on a large scale in areas where the twin menace of waterlogging and salinity emerged as a serious threat to the fertile irrigated lands in the Punjab was the first major effort which the Government undert90k in the shape of SCARPS (Salinity Control and Reclamation Projects) iIi order to effectively combat waterlogging and salinity. SCARP-I, the Pilot Project under this programme was launched in the central Rachna Doab area of the Punjab-the area found to be worst affected by the menace. This project involved installation of more than 2000 tubewells of medium to large size, with pumping capacity varying from two to five cusecs, at a substantial capital and maintenance cost.

Date: 1973
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