Cauvery realisation exceeds 200 tmc ft for a third time
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The complete realisation is about 33 tmc ft greater than the State’s share for the elapsed interval
For the third yr in a row, Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery water realisation has crossed the 200 tmc-ft mark.
As of now, the full realisation, as measured by the Central Water Commission on the inter-State border in Billigundulu as much as Tuesday (January 26) from June 1, is about 33 tmc ft (thousand million cubic toes) greater than the State’s share for the elapsed interval of the present water yr (June-May). The total determine stood at 200.13 tmc ft.
Shutters closed
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, shutters of the Mettur dam, the lifeline of the Cauvery delta, have been closed for irrigation within the area.
The water launch started on June 12, the designated date of dam opening.
According to an estimate, round 165 tmc ft was launched within the final seven-and-a-half months for irrigation. However, a senior official of the Public Works Department (PWD) stated it could take a few days to finalise an actual determine.
With availability not being a problem this yr, because of regular launch from Mettur and a comparatively average northeast monsoon, the State hopes to place up a first rate present so far as the manufacturing of meals crops is anxious.
As on Monday (January 25), throughout the cultivation season of Samba/Thaladi/Pishanam, which is getting over now, about 5.46 lakh hectares has been coated within the delta and eight.357 lakh hectares in the remainder of the State, totalling 13.8 lakh hectares. This is about 30,000 hectares greater than the goal. In respect of the cultivation season of Kar/Kuruvai/Sornavari (which is often over by September or October), the world achieved is 3.019 lakh hectares, which is simply forward of the deliberate protection.
For the season of Navarai/Kodai. which is within the preliminary levels, the goal is 2.235 lakh hectares.
Food crops
As for meals grains, paddy has been raised over 18.047 lakh hectares, towards the goal of 18.75 lakh hectares; millets on 9.619 lakh hectares (9.5 lakh hectares) and pulses on 6.018 lakh hectares (9.5 lakh hectares).
As for the hole in respect of pulses, an official of the Agriculture Department cited the injury attributable to Cyclone Nivar and unseasonal rainfall, affecting the crop in Villupuram and Thoothukudi districts.
However, the official stated efforts have been being made to bridge the hole by motivating the delta farmers to take to pulses.
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