Water released into Kakatiya Main Canal to save standing crops in SRSP ayacut

The Hindu reports that water was released into the Kakatiya Main Canal from the Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) in Nizamabad district on Saturday, in an effort to support standing crops in the area. The discharge began at 2,000 cusecs and was increased to 6,000 cusecs in the evening to meet the irrigation needs of the ayacut above the Lower Manair Dam (LMD).

This move comes following representations from Ministers and elected representatives from the erstwhile undivided Karimnagar district to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, who sought the release of water for the ayacut under the SRSP. The project had a storage of around 45 tmc ft, with the water level at 1,080.20 ft against the full reservoir level (FRL) of 1,091 ft.

Officials have urged farmers to use the released water judiciously, given the relatively low storage in the reservoir following deficient rainfall during the recently concluded monsoon season.

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