Note 50 — Chapter IV · The Punjab Triple Canal Project.[41]
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It is not unusual, in tracts where the level of the subsoil water is high, say within 15 feet of the surface, to have some “kharif distributaries.” These are closed in the rabi. This tends to prevent water-logging of the soil. In the rabi the people lift water from wells. There may also be kharif distributaries in dry tracts if there is no water to spare in the rabi.