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An Implementation of Waterlogging and Salinity Management Control Using Solar Tube Wells: A Comprehensive Case Study
The agricultural economy of Pakistan is severely affected by the twin menace problems including water logging and salinity. Nearly 75% of the population is dependent on the agriculture. There are several factors that contribute to the twin menace problems which include; improper drainage systems, high costs of diesel and electricity, recharge from field percolation, continuous enlargement of the irrigation system, and water logging and salinity operational and maintenance issues. This study was conducted to explore the salinity and waterlogging (twin menace) problems in Pakistan. To evaluate overall usefulness of Solar Tube well Research for the control of waterlogging and salinity problems in the Shaheed Benazirabad District. The implications of solar tube wells were found to be positive, in contrast to the diesel and electricity tube well. This exhaustive analysis for different hypothesis proved that the proposed method worked better for the control and management of salinity and waterlogging compared to other approaches.
Index Terms- Solar Tube well, SCARP Research, District Shaheed Benazirabad, Twin menace problems, Water logging, Salinity, Sindh, Pakistan.