I recall the lines of Rudyard Kipling who said, ‘In times of war and not before, God and soldier all adore, but in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted’,” he said.Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved Ex-Punjab Irrigation Department official wins battle for seniority after 49 years Its name is derived from the Persian words, Punj (five) and ab (water) was a land of five rivers which formed part of Indus Basin till 1947. Irrigation Department - Rana Gurjit Singh is the irrigation minister of Punjab. Forty-nine years after he re-joined the Punjab Irrigation Department after serving seven years in the Army as Emergency Commission officer in the aftermath of the 1962 Sino-India war, Major Joseph Baksh has won the battle for counting his seven years of Army service for fixing his seniority.Major Baksh, who retired as Superintending Engineer from the Irrigation Department in 1995, has now been granted notional promotion to the rank of Chief Engineer with effect from the year 1988, a promotion which was unfairly denied to him while he was in service. MESSAGE FROM CHIEF MINISTER PUNJAB. Irrigated agriculture is the major determinant of economic growth potential as it accounts for 20 % of the GDP and caters for over 50 % of the province's work force. Office: Residence: Mobile: Shri. Punjab irrigation minister Mohsin Leghari is also a contender for the slot.

Last updated/reviewed on: 05-08-2020 The Government of Punjab, Irrigation Department has recognized the need to communicate more effectively with the Public, the concerned interested groups and the beneficiaries with view to getting feedback and optimizing the functioning of PMIU especially with regard to the efficient and optimal canal operations.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jul, 2020 ) :Provincial Irrigation Minister Mohsin Leghari called on Usman Buzdar said that decisions about making new districts and tehsils would be made on administrative grounds, whereas, distribution of population and financial resources would also be minutely studied. Reproduction without proper consent is not allowed. And while Major Baksh was kept at an arms length, another similarly placed officer, Major J S Sodhi of Punjab Health Department, managed to get notional promotion citing Major Baksh’s court case.In the meantime, Major Baksh had approached the previous SAD-“Finally, as the normal channels of communication were not working, I approached the present Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for help. Punjab Irrigation Department, Pakistan, is a provincial irrigation department in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Muhammad Mohsin Leghari, an MPA from Rajanpur, is the Minister for Irrigation. Updated: July 13, 2020 10:17:12 pm I recall the lines of Rudyard Kipling who said, ‘In times of war and not before, God and soldier all adore, but in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted’,” he said.Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved Ex-Punjab Irrigation Department official wins battle for seniority after 49 years The board comprised a farmer member, a representative of Agriculture Department and senior management of Irrigation & Power Department Punjab. The Indus Basin has a long history of irrigation dating back to 4000 year old Indus valley civilization in Harrapa and Mohenjodaro settlements.The Indus Waters Treaty which was signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 was a major watershed in the history of development of irrigation infrastructure in the province.The second major development post independence in the history of irrigation in Punjab was 1991 Water Accord between all the four provinces of Pakistan. This accord gave Punjab province 55.94 million acre feet of water share annually for its irrigation and drinking usages.Punjab Irrigation Department is responsible for delivering the following services in the province:Punjab Irrigation Department Manages the following barrages:For the purpose of administration and management the Punjab irrigation system is divided into the following 6 operational zones:There are following operational circles in Lahore Zone:There are following operational circles in Faisalabad Zone:There are following operational circles in Sargodha Zone:There are following operational circles in Multan Zone:There are following operational circles in Bahawalpur Zone:There are following operational circles in Dera Ghazi Khan Zone:Each operational zone is headed by a chief engineer and each circle is headed by a superintending engineer and they are supported by an extended team of executive engineers, sub-divisional officers, sub-engineers, mates and baildars.

Major tasks performed by the Irrigation Department are operation and maintenance of the irrigation and flood protection system, regulation of flows of River Indus and canal systems, covering Inter Provincial and Intra Provincial Systems. Before being released from the Army and rejoining my department, I was serving as an instructor in College of Military Engineering in Pune,” he recalls.Major Baksh says that when he left the Irrigation Department to join the Army in 1963 he was given a hero’s farewell by colleagues and senior officials, but when he rejoined he was treated very shabbily and not given seniority for the years spent as an Emergency Commission officer.Even a judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court in his favour in 1997 failed to move the cogs of the administrative machinery and he was denied his rightful dues. It took the intervention of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to ensure Baksh got justice.The 49-year struggle of Major Baksh, between his rejoining the irrigation department in 1971 to the Punjab government’s grant of seniority to him on June 25, 2020, is a classic example of a soldier’s sacrifice forgotten by government machinery.Joseph Baksh joined the Irrigation Department as temporary engineer in 1962 through Punjab Public Service Commission. Punjab Irrigation Department irrigates 21 million acres of agricultural land in Punjab. A meeting of Irrigation Water Regulatory Advisory Board was held under the Chairmanship of Minister for Irrigation in November to discuss the Rabi Plan for 2007-08. The board comprised a farmer member, a representative of Agriculture Department and senior management of Irrigation & Power Department Punjab.