THE COLOMBO PLAN

Pakistan (continued) List of projects covered by the development programme, 1951-57 Total cost during 1951-57 Number of (Rs. million) Projects Description Schemes New in Hand Schemes AGRICULTURE (including Irrigation) 20 Lower Sind Barrage. It will consist of 44 spans of" 60 feet each, and will have three feeders, two on the left bank and one on tbe right bank. Area covered by this project is estimated at 2 - 8 million acres Rasul Tube-well Project. It is proposed to construct I 235 1,800 tube-wells, worked by electricity to be generated f by Rasul Hydro-electric Project. This project will irrigate 712,000 acres and help in lowering the water table of a considerable portion of the area now lying water-logged in the Punjab _ 2 Land Settlement. To make full use of the facilities provided by the construction of Thai and Abbasia Canal Systems at a cost of over Rs. 100 million, it is proposed to provide amenities such as roads, schools, dispensaries, temporary houses, &c., and to organise facilities for colonists to break up new land, for the supply of seeds, agricultural implements, credit facilities, &c 142 18 3 Subsidies for fertilisers and manures, to popularise the use of manures and fertilisers in the country ... 92 Seed and Model Farms. It is proposed to set up in the country a net-work of Government-owned farms to demonstrate to backward farmers the advantages of modern methods of agriculture, and to supply improved varieties of seeds - 100 4 Mechanisation of Agriculture. Tractor farms and repair workshops are to be set up to popularise the use of modern machinery 25 55 1 Anti-Waterlogging Measures. About 2-3 million acres of good land are lying water-logged and about 40,000 acres are getting water-logged every year. To lower the water table of these lands it is proposed to construct a chain of tube-wells in the area - 124 1 Development of Animal Husbandry. Objectives are:— (i) Organisation cf dairies throughout the country"! (ii) Development of better breeds of cattle by )* 20 research, demonstrations, &c. j 1 Development of Fisheries. It is proposed to organise co-operative societies for fishermen to encourage tbem, through subsidies if necessary, to mechanise their boats, and to provide cold storage facilities for the catch, &c - 10 Miscellaneous Schemes relating to minor irrigation, re-excavation of channels, control of pests and diseases, &c 3 - TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 1 Rehabilitation of Railways. To replace worn out locomotives and rolling-stock it is proposed to purchase urgently at least 170 diesel electric locomotives, 1,950 wagons, 310 light-weight steel carriages and 3 million sleepers. In addition it is proposed to rehabilitate the workshops of the East Bengal Railway 165 Construction of new railway lines - 35

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