NON AVAILABILITY OF IRRIGATION FACILITIES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

As usual with the entire country, the Himachal Pradesh also came into existance after 1947 the Independent India. Though this is a small State of sevey lacs people population but it is scatered in a far flung , hard and difficult areas. No doubt the successive Government has done a lot in respect of development of roads, electricity , drinking water etc. but all these facilities have not been reached to the interiors residents and they have not seen the light of indepence as yet. The major problem in the State is un employment to the educated youths. The State Governments and also the Central Governments have totally failed to provide irrigation facilities to the farming communities. Without the irrigation facilities, the people of the State who mostly dependent on Agriculture and horticultre have very badly effected. There is no shortage of source water in the State and many rivers existed in the State. On these rivers many dams have been created for the production of electricity. As far as , there is nothing for the purpose of irrigation. People depends on rain waters which several times gave dry spell even for six months and the grains so shown by the farthers destoryed. There is a much scope for irrigation from the dams of the rivers if water is lifted to a artificial lake and from that lake it is distributed through pipes to every field in the State. By doing this , the state and its people can grow cash crops and become rich. The central Government and the State Government should act now and provide irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State forthwith besides constructing metled roads to each villages and provide three face electricity to all the villages. At the time of general elections, the political parties gave very long promises to the people but after the elections, the representatives of the people make it their business for themselves.