Godavari water to be released by late May for Kharif operations

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Undivided East Godavari Zilla Parishad Chairman Vipparthi Venugopal and Kakinada District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad speaking astatine  the Zilla Parishad General Body gathering  successful  Kakinada metropolis  connected  Tuesday.

Undivided East Godavari Zilla Parishad Chairman Vipparthi Venugopal and Kakinada District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad speaking astatine the Zilla Parishad General Body gathering successful Kakinada metropolis connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The Godavari stream h2o is expected to beryllium released by extremity of May, guaranteeing h2o for Kharif operations crossed the magnitude and breadth of the Godavari Delta.

The zilla parishad members of the undivided East Godavari territory connected Tuesday sought clarity from the Water Resources authorities connected the scheduled clip of the merchandise of the Godavari h2o to statesman Kharif operations. 

Rajya Sabha MP Pilli Subhashchandra Bose and MLAs Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy, Vegolla Jogeswara Rao, Pantham Nanaji stressed the request for an enactment program to guarantee uninterrupted irrigation facilities for the Kharif operations-2026-27. 

The Water Resources authorities told the Zilla Parishad members that the Godavari h2o is expected to scope the tail-end country of the existing irrigation systems by aboriginal June. Farmers person been advised to hole for raising paddy nurseries from aboriginal June.

The Zilla Parishad General Body, chaired by its president Vipparthi Venugopal, connected Tuesday passed a solution urging the State authorities to see the undivided East Godavari territory arsenic a azygous portion for paddy procurement, to code the challenges successful the paddy procurement. 

Mr. Subhash Chandrabose alleged that farmers successful Polavaram and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema districts look assorted challenges during the paddy procurement thrust owed to the inadequate fig of atom mills. 

Undivided East Godavari District Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha president B. Eswara Raju Varma appealed to the Zilla Parishad General Body to transportation ₹50 crore room cess collected by the civic bodies and section bodies.  Kakinada District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad, District Revenue officers of the districts of Polavaram, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari and different officials were present.

Published - May 12, 2026 09:10 p.m. IST

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