Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. It helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall.1 Irrigation enhances agricultural productivity and promotes stability in the production of crops. It fulfills the water requirement of certain crops, such as rice, sugarcane, and jute, which require large quantities of water for their growth. Due to irrigation, high yielding crops are grown even when there is low and uncertain rainfall.0 Irrigation supplies the required amount of hydrogen and oxygen, which is important for the proper development of plant root, and mineral nutrients are absorbed from the irrigated soil. Multiple cropping in a year is possible through irrigation, which enhances production and productivity. In many areas of India, two or three crops in a year are cultivated with irrigation facilities.
