Status of Various Sources of Irrigation: A Focus on Kandi, Semi-Kandi and Plain Belts of Jammu District

Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the land or soil it is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. For irrigation in India, different sources of water are available, such as, rain, underground water, rivers, springs etc. Among all three methods of increasing the cultivation of crops in India. Irrigation is regarded as the most effective one as for as improving the agricultural production is concerned. Moreover, by applying the method of irrigation, more developed varieties of crops can be raised. It is true fact that even the improved variety of manures and seeds cannot alone increase the crop yield in the absence of required contribution of water.