Telangana: Kaleshwaram’s absence looms over Yasangi season

Hyderabad: Telangana is mulling over the possibility that the crucial Yasangi harvesting season may face a major setback, as the government cites water shortage to regulate the areas where cuts will be made in various projects. A large part of the Ayacut of the Krishna basin is found to be under severe drought conditions and in the absence of appropriate inputs crop holiday has been declared in part of the Ayacut, especially 6.3 lakh acres below the left canal of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project. Projects of Krishna’s cave. , , Now, what causes more concern is the uncertainty over the river support on a large scale even in the wells of Godavari. One of the main causes of water shortage was the three major presses of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, a project repeatedly ridiculed by the Congress, which were being drained for rehabilitation works, while the pillars of Medigadda were being destroyed. Had been. However, even when all the projects integrated in the multi-stage project have only six TMC water less than last year, the government still seems to be avoiding water shortage due to severe water shortage. Shriram Sagar has 63.19 TMC as share of actual storage against gross storage capacity of 90 TMC. The project was expected to support an area of 11.55 lakh acres. Which includes 9.65 lakh acres of land in Phase I of SRSP. But the water department decided to irrigate only 8.28 lakh acres and 3.87 lakh acres in the dry season. As per Phase II of SRSP, it has been limited to only 2 lakh acres as against the total area of 3.71 lakh acres. While attention was focused on limiting the measurement of potential cultivated surface in the framework of the Nizam Sagar, Gutpa and Alisagar projects, the government chose to suspend harvest in the framework of Projects Kaddam and Sadarmat. Since almost all the bomb houses in the KLIS major presses have stopped functioning, the State Government has not hidden its impotence in providing complete supply to the local area. All the projects integrated with KLIS have helped in increasing the revenue by more than 35 lakh acres during the last three years. However, this year it has come down to only 28 lakh acres. Only rain-fed dry land crops were allowed to be grown on a large scale. In this context, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has openly admitted that the government will not be able to guarantee complete supply to the entire region. With the stock of NSP and Srisailam projects depleting rapidly, the fate of drinking water supply is also in jeopardy. The state should plan to meet all its needs until the monsoon arrives. Although the government is trying to ensure the release of projects in Karnataka, it appears to be a remote possibility.