ESTABLISHMENT OF DIGITAL LIBRARY

Background: Presently, paper-based traditional communication systems are operational in the Sindh Irrigation Department. However, a paperless office is a vision that is being adopted by developed countries. Sindh is also moving forward to achieve e-management and make documentation more cost-effective, fast, transparent, and highly reliable through smart thinking and operation. For Sindh, a paperless system can improve operating efficiency and delivery, especially in a document-driven decision support system (DDSS). Today, many departments are trying to shift manual records to digital formats for providing automation, analysis, and future forecasting. The digitization process is both critical and essential for the irrigation department in Sindh

Initiative The Digital library initiative aims to digitize the archived irrigation books and establish an water resources related e-library for the Department. The e-library will involve the digitization of valuable historical records related to the irrigation system of Sindh, which will be converted into a digital format for preservation and easy access. The digital library will be established to provide a centralized location for the storage and dissemination of these records.

objectives :
  • To digitize archived irrigation books.
  • To establish an e-library portal with increase accessibility to historical datasets.

Digital library

Publications

Publications / E-Books
Title Author Year
Performance of the GPM IMERG and CMORPH Gridded Precipitation and Rain on Grid Approaches to Reproduce the Pluvial Flood of 2022 in the Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan Zarif Khero , Babar Naeem 2023  
Bringing transparency and consistency to Pakistan's seasonal water planning decisions: 1991 inter-provincial Water Apportionment Accord (WAA) Tool User Guide and Reference Manual (Second edition) Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero 2022  
Application of Physical Modelling Approach in Lower Indus River to Address Approach Flow and Silt Accumulation Issues Zarif Khero,Babar Naeem 2022  
Dynamic representation of 10-day water allocation process in Indus Basin Irrigation System Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero 2022  
Dam Breach Flood Inundation Modeling for Aripir Dam, Sindh, Pakistan Zarif Khero,Babar Naeem,Ibrahim Samoo 2021  
Development of the Indus River System Model to Evaluate Reservoir Sedimentation Impacts on Water Security in Pakistan Geoff Podger , Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero 2021  
Flood Hazard Assessment for the Tori Levee Breach of the Indus River Basin, Pakistan Zarif Khero , Babar Naeem 2021  
Indus river water level monitoring using satellite radar altimetry Arjumand Zaidi , Zarif Khero 2020  
Infrastructure Development in Closed River Basin: Impact Assessment Analysis on Lower Indus Basin Zarif Khero ,Pervaiz Khahro ,Nisar Samejo 2020  
Indus River System Model (IRSM) – a planning tool to explore water management options in Pakistan: Model conceptualisation, configuration and calibration Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero 2018  
Development of a regional groundwater model for the Indus Basin irrigation system of Pakistan: Status report Muhammad & Khero, Zarif 2017  
Telemetry System in the Irrigation Network SIDA Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Sohag and Ali Asghar Mahessar 2004  
Indus water treaty between Pakistan and India from conciliation to confrontation Raja Nazakat Ali∗, Faiz-ur-Rehman∗∗ & Mahmood-ur-RehmanWani∗∗∗  
IRRIGATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE INDUS BASIN OF PAKISTAN: A COUNTRY REPORT Shahid Ahmad*  
Water charging in Sindh, Pakistan – financing large canal systems Frank van Steenbergen MetaMeta Research  
Flood Frequency Analysis of Main Nara Valley MANOHAR LAL*, BAKHSHAL KHAN LASHARI**, AND KHALIFA QASIM LAGHARI*** 03.01.2011  
DETERMINATION OF DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT AND HEAD-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS OF DIFFERENT HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES P. P. Dabral, P. K. Pandey, Tushar Kumar and Sourav Chakraborty 01.01.2014  
International Water Treaties: Negotiation and Cooperation along Transboundary Rivers Shlomi Dinar 2009