Live
- Mandal Level CM Cup Sports Concludes in Ija with Promising Talent and Enthusiastic Participation
- Harish Rao Slams Revanth Reddy: "More Talk, Less Action"
- Revolutionising Oil and Gas: Gaurav Kumar Sinha’s AI-Driven Innovations Transforming Efficiency and Profitability
- Vishal Jain to head AiDASH facility
- Congress Central Election Committee has finalised the names of around 20 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections
- District Collector Adarsh Surabhi has ordered to expedite the land acquisition process related to irrigation projects in the district
- Economics and Public policy gets new platform in Bengaluru
- Residents Demand Action After Accidents Highlight Poor Road Safety Measures
- Rahul Gandhi Visits Hathras Victim's Family, Slams BJP For Injustice
- Nitin Gadkari Admits India's Road Safety Crisis, Urges Change In Human Behavior And Infrastructure
Ryots worried as rains remain elusive
Due to an early start of monsoons that have continued for the past couple of months, farmers in Medak district heaved a sigh of relief. However, things changed this August with rains remaining elusive for the last few weeks. Deficient rainfall in some mandals raised apprehensions about a possible drought situation which could prevail, unless there are enough rains for the next couple of months.
Sangareddy: Due to an early start of monsoons that have continued for the past couple of months, farmers in Medak district heaved a sigh of relief. However, things changed this August with rains remaining elusive for the last few weeks. Deficient rainfall in some mandals raised apprehensions about a possible drought situation which could prevail, unless there are enough rains for the next couple of months.
Last year, 399.8 mm rainfall was recorded from June 1 till October 31. By the end of August, there was 333.9mm rainfall last year. This year, things to seem going fine for the drought-prone district, as June and July months have recorded a normal rains of 365.4 mm till August 11.
The district is still 410.7 mm short of the normal rainfall of 776.1mm expected out of this year’s monsoons between June 1 and October 31. Farmers are worried with no rains for the last couple of weeks. As per reports accessed from the office of the Chief Planning Officer, for the period June 1 to August 12, out of the total 46 mandals in the district, 19 mandals have received deficient rainfall (calculated with a cumulative percentage of variation from June 1 to August 11- rainfall below -20 per cent to -59 per cent).
Wargal and Mulugu mandals have received scanty rainfall (between -60 per cent to -99 per cent). Twenty two mandals received normal rainfall and four mandals have received rains in excess. Kowdipally, Mirdoddi, Kondapaka and Mulugu mandals received deficient rain in June as well as in July.
This month, many mandals have received scanty rains. Out of the total 73 days passed since June 1, Pulkal and Wargal have not had even 18 rainy days. Manoor, Kangti, Kalher, Narayankhed, Raikode, Nyalkal, Jharasangam, Zaheerabad and Kohir had less than 36 rainy days.
But things are not all that bad. There is good news as well. There have been some inflows into Singur project which was in dead storage until a few weeks ago. According to Padma Rao, Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Department, as a result of rains in the catchment area and water coming from downstream of Saigam project in Maharashtra, currently there is 6.5 tmcft of water in Singur of the total storage capacity of 29.91 tmcft.
Speaking to The Hans India, Rao expressed confidence in giving an ayacut of 40,000 acres through Singur this year and hoped for continued rainfall in the next couple of months. Manjeera and Ghanapur anicut, which are fed by water from Singur are yet to get any inflows.
