BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Thursday set September 14 as a deadline for the Telangana government to announce a clear schedule for releasing irrigation water into the Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal, warning that he would undertake a padayatra from Kodad to Haliya with thousands of farmers if the demand was not met.
KTR demanded that the Congress government issue a detailed release plan specifying when water would be supplied and how many irrigation turns would be provided to farmers in the Left Canal command area.
KTR demanded that the Congress government issue a detailed release plan specifying when water would be supplied and how many irrigation turns would be provided to farmers in the Left Canal command area.
He said the delay in releasing water was putting standing crops at risk. “I am issuing a direct warning to the State Government, the Congress Government, and particularly to the Irrigation Minister, the Minister for this district, Uttam Kumar Reddy, who is responsible for providing water under the left canal,” KTR said. KTR said the earlier movement had put pressure on the government to address farmers’ water-related concerns. “With the same spirit, I will undertake another padayatra against the anti-farmer policies of the Congress government,” KTR said. He claimed that the Nagarjuna Sagar ayacut, which he said had witnessed substantial agricultural growth during the BRS government, was now facing a serious crisis, with farmers uncertain about the availability of water for their crops and the number of irrigation turns they would receive.
