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IAB assures water for 4.92L acres in Nellore district
Nellore farmers can heave a sigh of relief as the Irrigation Advisory Board meet held here on Saturday decided to provide water for irrigation needs for 4.92 lakh acres in the district during this season.
Nellore: Nellore farmers can heave a sigh of relief as the Irrigation Advisory Board meet held here on Saturday decided to provide water for irrigation needs for 4.92 lakh acres in the district during this season.
The water release will commence from November 2.
District In-charge Minister N Amaranatha Reddy who presided over the meet said that they would discuss the issue with the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to get Krishna water from Pothireddypadu Head Regulator for irrigation and drinking water purposes.
He said measures would be taken to desilt the Kandaleru reservoir enabling to store more water in the water body. Authorities have to create awareness among the farmers to cultivate more than 10,000 acres with 1 tmc of water, said the minister. Minister also explained that the district would receive water during the next two months. Excess water would reach Somasila reservoir in November and December. Steps would be taken to desilt the canals as per request by the ZP members in the district, said Amarnath Reddy.
Agriculture Minister pointed out the Somasila reservoir has been receiving 9,000 cusecs of inflow and the storage level of the reservoir is now at 50.05 tmc. The water storage level of Kandaleru reservoir is 10.5 tmc and the reservoir is receiving 7,500 cusecs of inflow, he added.
‘Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have to provide 15 tmc of water to Chennai city for drinking purposes. We had discussed with the Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu on this. He also wrote a letter to Krishna River Management Board about release of 15 tmc of water,’ said Somireddy. Water would be diverted to Kandaleru from Somasila reservoir after releasing water to delta areas, he added. Measures would be taken to provide drinking water to Chennai city, Tirupati, Sri Kalahasti and also Gudur town from Kandaleru and the rest would be released to farmers for farming activity, he said.
Municipal Minister P Narayana said that water would be released to 2.47 lakh acres of lands under Penna delta, 60,000 acres under Kanupur canal, 1 lakh acres under Kavali canal, 50,000 acres under North Feeder canal, and 35,000 acres under South Feeder canal from Somasila and Kandaleru reservoirs.
Earlier, members of the Zilla Parishad expressed their displeasure over the decision for not removing the silt in the canals for free flow of water. PDF MLC V Balasubrahamnyam alleged that the government had not taken up any canal repairs during the last seven months. Further, Venkatagiri MLA K Ramakrishna expressed his displeasure over not considering plight of farmers in his constituency. He staged protest before the podium.
MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy demanded the ministers to complete the Veligonda project which brings more cultivation area of Udayagiri constituency. Sarvepalli MLA K Govardhan Reddy, Sullurupet MLA K Sanjeevaiah, Atmakur MLA M.Goutham Reddy, Kovur MLA P.Srinivasulu Reddy, Kavali MLA R P K Reddy, Gudur MLA P Sunil, Venkatagiri MLA K Ramakrishna, MLC B.Ravi Chandra and others were present.
