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Irrigation Department authorities person assured to merchandise h2o from Kabini reservoir adjacent present for 10 days a period during February, March and April this twelvemonth to capable up lakes and different h2o bodies.
The Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) authorities connected Wednesday assured farmers, who staged an agitation successful beforehand of the Command Area Development Authority (CADA) bureau successful Mysuru, that h2o from Kabini reservoir volition beryllium released done the irrigation canals to capable up the lakes, tanks and different h2o bodies to guarantee drinking h2o for the cattle and different livestock successful summertime during the coming 3 months.
A connection issued by the Chief Engineer, Irrigation (South), CNNL said h2o volition beryllium released from Kabini reservoir from February 15 done the canals, taxable to availability of water.
The CNNL’s assurance came aft a radical of farmers from Federation of Karnataka State Farmers’ Organisations and Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association gathered extracurricular the bureau of CADA demanding merchandise of h2o from Kabini to capable up the lakes and different h2o bodies.
Protest withdrawn
The protest, however, was withdrawn aft the assurance from the Irrigation Department authorities.
Earlier, the farmers, who had gathered astatine Kuvempu Park nether the enactment of the Federation President Hallikerehundi Bhagyaraj, marched successful protestation to the CADA office, raising slogans against elected representatives.
Speaking during the protest, Mr. Bhagyaraj alleged that the State Government arsenic good arsenic the territory medication had not bothered to merchandise h2o to the canals to capable up the tanks successful Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts, portion the elected representatives successful Mandya had succeeded successful releasing Cauvery h2o for the intent successful Mandya district.
Contending that the nonaccomplishment of the irrigation section authorities to merchandise h2o to capable up the tanks was causing distress among the farmers utilizing irrigation pumpsets. “ Due to declining groundwater levels, farmers who person cultivated coconut, banana, and sugarcane crops are incapable to supply capable irrigation. Erratic powerfulness proviso has further made farming difficult”, helium complained.
Although 74 feet of h2o is reportedly stored successful the Kabini reservoir, the authorities and elected representatives person failed to merchandise water. Filling tanks would assistance recharge groundwater levels, helium said.
He said the officials person been citing repairs and attraction of instrumentality for failing to proviso h2o to tanks successful Chamarajanagar district. He urged the authorities to instal further motors and instrumentality indispensable steps to proviso h2o to the tanks. He besides urged the Government to allocate capable funds successful the coming authorities fund for vessel filling schemes.
