Final UN annex records uneven reconstruction of farm drainage channels

Table E.1 listed 185 hydrometeorological stations, with ten percent of work scheduled for 1992–1993 and 90 percent for 1994–1999. A dash appeared in the completed column; the ten-percent figure was...

Irrigated-land levelling covered 193,425 hectares in Khuzestan, 12,500 in Ilam and 45,000 in Bakhtaran. Table E.2 reported respective end-1991 completion of 50, 40 and 22 percent, showing uneven...

Table E.2 listed rough levelling of 1,700 rain-fed hectares in Khuzestan, 40,500 in Ilam and 11,500 in Bakhtaran. Reported completion was 50, 50 and 100 percent respectively; irrigated-land progress...

Modern canal networks covered 7,342 kilometres in Khuzestan, 74 in Ilam and 1,125 in Bakhtaran. Table E.3 reported completion of 50, ten and 22 percent respectively, distinguishing these...

Traditional canal work covered 244 kilometres in Khuzestan, 21 in Ilam and 1,050 in Bakhtaran. Reported completion was zero, 17 and 43 percent respectively; these canals remained distinct from the...

Rehabilitated farmland was to receive distribution canals designed for flows up to one cubic metre per second, with proposed concrete lining. The annex linked reduced seepage to limiting progressive...

In Dasht Azadgan, the annex identified Hofel as a 38-kilometre canal with discharge capacity of 110 cubic metres per second. Its scale illustrates why traditional canal recovery could involve...

Damaged or looted lift-irrigation equipment included government units of 150–350 horsepower and smaller private units averaging 35 horsepower. The annex distinguished equipment scales and ownership...

Affected farms had previously had about 0.5–0.7 horsepower of machinery per hectare. The annex described a resettlement target of about one horsepower per hectare, mainly using 65-horsepower tractors;...

Table E.5 listed machinery needs of 193,500 horsepower in Khuzestan, 53,000 in Ilam and 72,200 in Bakhtaran. Reported supply completion was 16, 30 and 15 percent respectively; horsepower is not a...