Live
- NASA Tracks Five Giant Asteroids on Close Approach to Earth Today
- Pushpa 2 Hits ₹1000 Crore in 6 Days: How It Compares to Other Top Indian Films
- Vivo X200 and X200 Pro Launched in India: Price, Specifications, and Features
- Nitin Gadkari Admits Feeling Embarrassed at Global Summits Over Rising Road Accidents in India
- Comprehensive Review on Indiramma Housing Survey and Welfare Initiatives Conducted via Video Conference
- Jogulamba Temple Records Rs 1.06 Crore Hundi Revenue in 150 Days
- Opposition Slams ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill as Anti-Democratic; BJP Allies Support the Move
- Celebrate Karthigai Maha Deepam Virtually with Sri Mandir’s LIVE Darshan Experience
- BJP Extends Support to Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan Employees' Strike, Demands Immediate Regularization and Welfare Benefits
- Dr. M. Priyanka Stresses Quality Education, Nutritious Meals, and Cleanliness in Schools
Natural springs at forest yielding irrigation water
In these drought days, three huge natural springs and several smaller ones lying between Chellampet and Talamala Girijan villages in the Luxettipet mandal forest area, are not only yielding irrigation water but also helping animals quench their thirst. Water from the springs which thrive throughout the year and take the form of a stream is filling many tanks.
Luxettipet: In these drought days, three huge natural springs and several smaller ones lying between Chellampet and Talamala Girijan villages in the Luxettipet mandal forest area, are not only yielding irrigation water but also helping animals quench their thirst. Water from the springs which thrive throughout the year and take the form of a stream is filling many tanks.
- Also helping animals quench their thirst
- Water from the springs, which thrive throughout the year and take the form of a stream, is filling many water bodies
- Smaller streams help raise every year summer crops in about 10,000 acres, including paddy in about 4,000 acres, besides maize
The stream water flows a distance of 15 km and joins Godavari at Gullakota village. During Nizam’s regime, farmers of the area built a structure across the stream near Chellampet and diverted the water through a canal to seven smaller streams in the mandal. The water used to reach two streams in Chellampet, besides those in Chandaram, Gampalapalli, Itikyala, Venkatraopet and Kommugudam.
Even now these streams help raise every year summer crops in about 10,000 acres, including paddy in about 4,000 acres, besides maize. Also farmers get relief with water from the Kadem project and Gudem, Godavari lift irrigation schemes reaching the streams. This water provides relief to animals during summer.
The structure across the stream is also helping in making the environment greener. Residents of adjoining villages prefer the spot to have their ‘Vanabojanam’ gatherings. Also, there is the Chinnayyagutta atop which Girijan God Chinnayya has his temple. It is visited by tribals and farmers for keeping their vows, thus making the area a beehive of activity. Ten years back an anicut was built across the stream close to the structure linking it to the main Kadem project canal.
