BRS working president KT Rama Rao set September 14 as the deadline for the Congress government to announce a water-release schedule for the Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal. He warned of a Kodad-Haliya padayatra with thousands of farmers if the government failed.
Kharif sowing in Telangana rebounded significantly after mid-July rains, reaching 82.92 lakh acres, well above last year’s mark. Cotton dominated the acreage, with paddy also showing strong progress.
All three zones of the canal system in Telangana are irrigating around 6.3 lakh acres primarily for paddy cultivation. It forms the backbone of the NSLC ayacut, with 70% of the total area, approximately 7.2 lakh acres, dedicated to rice during the Kharif season.
The Miryalaguda rural police have enlisted divers to assist in the search efforts. The two individuals who drowned in the canal have been identified as engineers Karthik Mishra and Vijay Goswami, both of whom had been employed at the Power Plant for the past six months.
Farmers failing the get adequate supplies on time are buying it from private outlets and the greedy traders have been cashing in on the spurt in the demand.
The decision to lift the project gates was prompted by a substantial inflow of 4.22 lakh cusecs adding to the project storage by 33 to 35 TMC a day, largely due to heavy outflows from the Srisailam reservoir
