Man-made water crisis grips Telangana

Standing crops need irrigation support for next 45 days But storage levels in major projects are fast depleting

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SRSP has only 31 TMC as against a gross storage of 90.31 TMC About 15 lakh acres of paddy is under SRSP

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Sripada Yellampalli project has just 12.98 TMC as against gross storage of 20.18 TMC Must retain up to 15 TMC to meet drinking water needs

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In Krishna basin, both Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects have only 74 TMC and 163 TMC left Net drawable water is hardly 60 TMC, to be shared by both Telugu States

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Rabi command of 27.67 lakh acres come under 30-odd major and medium projects These include Sriramsagar, Nizam Sagar, Kaddam, Jurala, Srisailam, NSP and AMR

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Rabi command under SRSP Stage II worst hit The project is expected to irrigate over 4 lakh acres in drought-prone Nalgonda, Suryapet, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warangal

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Nearly 60,000 acres of Rabi paddy already abandoned in Thungathurthy Farmers in Suryapet, Kodad hoped for support from Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy but in vain

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Govt planned to extend irrigation support to nearly 43 lakh acres for Rabi 2024-25 At least half of it did not get full-fledged support as Kaleshwaram abandoned for 2nd consecutive year

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Rabi operations will last till mid-April. Before the closing of irrigation canals, tanks should be filled to support drinking water supply for rest of the summer

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