Godavari waters not reaching Wyra reservoir, say Telangana Rythu Sangham leaders

Demand alternative arrangements to be made for diverting Godavari waters to Wyra reservoir by constructing an escape channel at Ginnelavagu to provide water to the lands of erstwhile Khammam district

Khammam: Connecting the Rajiv link canal in the lower part of Enkoor with Nagarjuna Sagar left canal yielded no result for the cultivation of lands under Wyra reservoir ayacut and in Konijerla mandal and Enkoor mandals, felt Telangana Rythu Sangham leaders.

The Sangham district secretary Bonthu Rambabu noted that Godavari waters released from Sitarama Project into the Enkoor NSP left canal through the Rajiv link canal not reaching Wyra reservoir. As a result, the efforts to connect Sitarama Project canal to Wyra reservoir turned futile.

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Speaking to Telangana Today, he said that if the same Sitarama Project canal was connected at the head regulator near Timmaraopet, Godavari water would have helped to irrigate lands in Tallada, Kallur, Penuballi and Vensoor mandals besides cultivation lands within the Sagar ayacut in Bonakal, Konijerla, Enkoor and Vaira mandals, he said.

He wanted alternative arrangements to be made for diverting Godavari waters to Wyra reservoir by constructing an escape channel at Ginnelavagu to provide water to the lands of erstwhile Khammam district.

On the other hand, CPI (ML) New Democracy Kothagudem district committee found fault with the State government for diverting Godavari waters to Khammam instead of supplying water to lands in agency mandals in Kothagudem district.

The party district secretariat member Shaik Umar stated that three ministers in the district, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Tummala Nageswara Rao should ensure Godavari water supply to mandals in like Julurpad and others where the canals were built.

He demanded that Godavari waters have to be diverted to other districts only after ensuring supply of water to the lands in Kothagudem district. If the ministers failed to ensure supply of Godavari waters to the lands in the district serious agitations would be launched, he warned.