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Question
State one advantage each of the following means of irrigation :
(1) Tube wells
(2) Tanks
Solution
(1) Tube-Wells: It can irrigate about ten. times more areas than done by an ordinary well and it is an independent source of irrigation.
(2) Tanks: The cost of the construction of tanks is very low as tanks are natural.
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