ASSESSMENT OF IRRIGATION WATER

  • Irrigation water supplie to the farmers through canals, or reservoirs is at the expense of the government.
  • Farmers are charge suitably by the government for having used this facility.
  • The fixation of such charge is known,the assessment of irrigation water.
  • The following are the reasons for which farmers are charge:
  1. To recover the cost of the project due to which this facility has been possible.
  2. To collect revenue so that it may augment the state resources.
  3.  collect the maintenance cost of the project.
  4. To put some restrictions on farmers against careless and uneconomical use of water.