Water released for Kharif operations in the Godavari Delta

The state government on Tuesday released the Godavari water from Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage here into the eastern, central and western deltas to provide 10,000 Cusec for the Kharif operations in the eastern and western Godavari districts.

The water released on June 11 from the overflow channel of the Polavaram irrigation project was stored in the barrage, from where it was channeled into the entire Godavari Delta as needed.

On Tuesday, Rajamahendravaram MP M. Bharat and Godavari Delta System Chief Engineer N. Pulla Rao performed a puja and released 1,000 Cusecs into the Eastern Delta.

Pulla Rao later turned to the media and said, “The Godavari Delta, which stretches across the eastern and western Godavari districts, requires 10,000 cusecs for the kharif season. This year there is the possibility of drawing up to 20,000 Cusecs from the Polavaram project. “

The western delta alone would get 1,500 cusecs from the barrage.

“The Sileru irrigation project has so far been under pressure to meet the water requirements for the Rabi season in the Godavari Delta. Given the availability of water in the Polavaram project, there is no need to rely on Sileru from the next Rabi season, ”said Mr Pulla Rao.

Mr Bharat said the government had managed to complete the cofferdam work that helped clear the Godavari water from the overflow canal in a timely manner.

“The government is determined to complete the relocation and rehabilitation exercise on a war basis,” said Bharat, recalling the role former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy played in convincing the center of the Polavaram project.

Among others, the Superintendent Engineer of the Godavari Delta System, K. Ramakrishna, and the Chief Engineer of the Dowleswaram Barrage Head Works, G. Srinivasa Rao, were present.

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