Q.   Consider the following statements about the Lift irrigation:

1. In this type of irrigation technique water is directed from the source of supply to farm lands through natural means
2. India’s first lift irrigation project has been inaugurated in Punjab

  Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
Notes: First statement is incorrect because Lift Irrigation is a method of Irrigation in which water is not transported by natural flow but is lifted with pumps or other means. Second statement is incorrect because India’s first lift irrigation project has been started in Andhra Pradesh. The Pattiseema lift irrigation project is described as the country’s first lift irrigation project. It has been also described as the first river linking project in country, connecting Godavari with Krishna in this lower riparian state. The project has been completed in a record time of one year.