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The Andhra Pradesh Rythu Coolie Sangham and Rayalaseema Irrigation Projects Committee visited the irrigation projects successful the Rayalaseema, including Velugodu Reservoir, Madras Canal, Banakacharla Cross Regulator and SRBC Canal, connected Wednesday (January 21).
The leaders expressed interest implicit the deteriorating authorities of irrigation projects successful Rayalaseema.
Rythu Coolie Sangham authorities president Jhansi and Rayalaseema Irrigation Projects Committee president Bojja Dasharatharami Reddy said determination was a gross mismatch betwixt authoritative announcements by the authorities and crushed realities astir h2o proviso to Rayalaseema.
Despite the Telugu Ganga Project being launched implicit 40 years agone to irrigate 2.75 lakh acres successful Kurnool and Kadapa districts arsenic good arsenic to proviso drinking h2o to the past Madras metropolis (now Chennai), the project’s existent authorities is highly disappointing, they said.
The delegation reported inadequate canal capacity, unfinished operation works, and obstructions on captious waterways, preventing the question of h2o adjacent for 20,000 acres. Key issues see incomplete aqueducts implicit the KC Canal connected the SRBC Canal, delays successful Banakacharla Cross Regulator works and diversion of h2o to unintended areas, which undermine some irrigation and historical h2o absorption systems.
Ms. Jhansi demanded contiguous allocation of ₹20 crore to region blockages and guarantee creaseless h2o travel from Srisailam Reservoir to equilibrium reservoirs specified arsenic Gorakallu, Mailavaram, Paidipalem, and Chitravati. She urged the authorities to determination beyond statements and instrumentality factual enactment to utilise earthy resources efficiently successful Rayalaseema region. She besides extended afloat enactment to the ongoing farmers’ question successful the portion if the authorities fails to act.
