Rainless Land, One River
A country about the size of England, peopled by agriculturists, but practically without rain, and dependent on its water spply on a single river—that is the province of Sind, in India. UndoT British rule the primitive canals have been greatly improved and extended, and now tho province has the largest irrigation system iu the world, with a dam about a mile in length, pierced by 86 sluice gate openings and seven greater canals, every one bigger than the Suez Canal. The new system, known as the Lloyd Barrage, was recently opened. The value of tho dam is that when tho Indus is normally low, tho shutting of the sluice gates will keep the water at a sufficiently high level to feed the canals.. Then when the river is in flood the gates will be opened.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6864, 21 May 1932, Page 12
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139Rainless Land, One River Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6864, 21 May 1932, Page 12
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