Southwest Malwa, spanning across Bathinda, Muktsar, Mansa and Fazilka and other districts, is entirely dependent on canal water as groundwater is saline
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The root of this persistent problem lies in the faulty construction of a water course, known as 'Khal,' which was built several decades ago to supply canal water to the affected fields and was damaged shortly after its completion and remained unrepaired ever since.
Under this scheme, farmers are encouraged to install automatic meter readers in tube wells to measure the amount of power consumed by a particular tube well.