Speaking to the media here, Sukender Reddy said the State government had declared a crop holiday for the ayacut of the left canal of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) for the Yasangi crop season due to the drastically dip in water levels in the project.
The normal area of cultivation of paddy was 3.8 lakh acres under the left canal of NSP, but paddy cultivation was reduced to 75,000 acres this Yasangi crop season.
Suryapet: District Collector T Vinay Krishna Reddy on Monday instructed officials of the Agriculture department to encourage farmers to take up cultivation of dry land crops instead of paddy during the Yasangi crop season. Speaking at a meeting held with officials of agriculture and horticulture departments here, he said there was need to conduct awareness […]