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Telangana’s Godavari basin experienced an extraordinary hydrological year with record inflows from Maharashtra, yet poor canal infrastructure and delayed rainfall led to widespread kharif crop losses. Despite over 2,350 TMC of water entering the system, only a fraction was used for irrigation.

Several districts impacted, with Siddipet alone seeing nearly 20,000 acres of crop damage following heavy rain on May 4-5

Protests intensify as water scarcity worsens in entire ayacut of SRSP Stage II; farmers, left high and dry due to severe water shortage, have been driven to the brink of suicide

Farmers in Stage II of the project initiate protests over uncertainty surrounding irrigation support

Rabi crop irrigation schedule under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme would proceed as planned, and the farmers in the ayacut area would not be let down, said Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief N Venkateswarlu

It has not predicted any further inclement weather after the two-day rain forecast. This comes several weeks after the very severe cyclonic storm Nivar.