To help farmers protect their fields from drying up, irrigation officials released water into the flood canal through the Gayatri Pump house situated in Lakshmipura of Ramadagu mandal in Karimnagar district. (Image: DC)
KARIMNAGAR: As a respite to the increasing woes being faced by farmers due to the prevailing drought situation in the state, following the initiative by Choppadandi Congress MLA Medipalli Satyam, the irrigation department officials released the water into the flood flow canal (FFC) from the Gayatri pump house at Lakshmipura of Ramadagu mandal in Karimnagar district to protect the standing crops from drying up in the area.
With the drastic fall in the groundwater table, the farmers of Ramadagu, Gangadhara, Maliala and Boinapally mandals of Choppadandi constituency who are cultivating various types of crops in the catchment area of the flood flow canal (FFC) were facing a lot of hardships to get irrigation water from bore wells.
At the request of the farmers of the constituency, the MLA directed the officials of the irrigation department to release water into the FFC through Gayatri pump house, the biggest underground pumping station with seven gigantic seven motors each operating with a capacity of 139 MW to lift 3,150 cusecs of water a day. Accordingly, the officials released 0.1 tmcft of water into the canal on Sunday night.
The MLA alleged that the BRS government, without thinking about the welfare of the farming community, had intentionally not paid the power bills of the Gayatri pump house, because of which the pumping of water into the FFC was stopped as the officials stopped the power supply.
However, following the orders issued by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, the motors at the pump house resumed pumping water, said the MLA, adding that the Congress government was committed to protecting the farmers in the state and appealed to them not to fall prey to the opposition parties.
Meanwhile, the farmers expressed happiness over the release of water from the pump house and hoped that the groundwater table would also increase with the release of water into the unlined FFC.
With the drastic fall in the groundwater table, the farmers of Ramadagu, Gangadhara, Maliala and Boinapally mandals of Choppadandi constituency who are cultivating various types of crops in the catchment area of the flood flow canal (FFC) were facing a lot of hardships to get irrigation water from bore wells.
At the request of the farmers of the constituency, the MLA directed the officials of the irrigation department to release water into the FFC through Gayatri pump house, the biggest underground pumping station with seven gigantic seven motors each operating with a capacity of 139 MW to lift 3,150 cusecs of water a day. Accordingly, the officials released 0.1 tmcft of water into the canal on Sunday night.
The MLA alleged that the BRS government, without thinking about the welfare of the farming community, had intentionally not paid the power bills of the Gayatri pump house, because of which the pumping of water into the FFC was stopped as the officials stopped the power supply.
However, following the orders issued by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, the motors at the pump house resumed pumping water, said the MLA, adding that the Congress government was committed to protecting the farmers in the state and appealed to them not to fall prey to the opposition parties.
Meanwhile, the farmers expressed happiness over the release of water from the pump house and hoped that the groundwater table would also increase with the release of water into the unlined FFC.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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