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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Staff Reporter
The farmers had already raised paddy nurseries and some of the nurseries had become 50 days old and were ready for transplantation. The siege to the Kanekal MRO office was continuing even after 6.30 pm, according to information reaching here. Farmers who gathered in large numbers from the surrounding villages had locked the Dharmavaram RDO, Parasurama Reddy, the Kanekal MRO, Kullayappa, Kalyanadurg CI, Satyanarayana Rao, and the HLC Deputy Executive Engineer, Venkateswarlu, inside since morning. However, with the intervention of the Guntakal DSP, Markandeyulu, the farmers had allowed the RDO to come out in the evening. The siege was continuing in spite of an explanation given by the RDO that a decision over the water release would be taken in the Irrigation Advisory Board meeting on August 21. A farmer from 10-Udegolam, Giri, had tried to immolate himself after dousing with kerosene but the police prevented his attempt. Today's protest was the third during the last 10 days seeking release of water to the ayacut. The engineers and the administration are in a piquant situation over the issue due to poor water level in the Tungabhadra reservoir. Meanwhile, the Anantapur MP, K. Srinivasulu, under whose constituency the entire ayacut of HLC in the district falls, conducted a review meeting with the HLC engineers. He requested the engineers to help the farmers in the best possible way. The engineers explained that as per the estimated water realisation in Tungabhadra reservoir this year (119 tmcft) the allocation for HLC had been estimated at 18.5 tmcft including the quota for Alur Branch Canal (Kurnool) and Pulivendula Branch Canal (Cuddapah). Keeping aside water for drinking water purposes and evaporation losses it was estimated that the net water available for irrigation would be 10.742 tmcft. Farmers in Bommanahal and Kanekal mandals had cultivated paddy in 29,130 acres and irrigated dry crops in 6,964 acres last year by utilising 4.998 tmcft of water. However, they might get only 3.17 tmcft this year as the realisation in Tungabhadra reservoir itself was 50 per cent deficit. The District Collector, Somesh Kumar, had formed eight teams to study the situation and to identify the irrigated dry crops suitable for the ayacut in the two mandals as water availability was not sufficient for cultivating paddy. The teams would complete their study tomorrow and submit the report. The Collector had promised that a positive decision would be taken after getting the reports. The Superintending Engineer of HLC, Satyanarayana, stated that inflows into the Tungabhadra dam were receding today (46,752 cusecs) from 50,779 cusecs on August 15 and 50,410 cusecs on August 14. Inflows could dwindle further as suggested by the water gauge at Harlahalli (29,000 cusecs) and Marlahalli (37,000 cusecs) today upstream of the Tungabhadra river and reservoir. The estimation of realisation of 119 tmcft water at the reservoir is said to be the worst since the KWDT came into effect.
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