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The Kakkalapalli village tank overflowed for the first time in 25 years and everybody turned out in their finest to have a good time the abundance of water by providing ‘bonalu’ to the village deity on Tuesday.
It was in the course of the interval of the present Communist Party of India(CPI) State secretary and the then Anantapur MLA {K}. Ramakrishna (1994) that the Kakkalapalli tank final overflowed. Adjacent to the Anantapur Municipal Corporation Limits, the tank gives water to farmers rising tomatoes, grapes, and groundnut.
On Tuesday, all the village assembled to supply prayers to the village deity and carried ‘bonalu’. Women cooked meals and carried it in embellished pots on their heads, whereas some males carried daggers as a ritual.
Meanwhile, District Collector Gandham Chandrudu has requested the Project Director of District Water Management Agency (DWMA) to kind multidisciplinary groups comprising officers from DWMA, Rural Water Supply, HNSS and HLC engineers, Agriculture, Horticulture, Minor Irrigation, Panchayati Raj and Revenue departments by October 13 so {that a} survey of all the prevailing water our bodies – primarily village ponds and irrigation tanks may very well be taken up from October 14 to (*25*) 14.
Survey to be taken up
Once the survey studies of greater than 7,000 tanks are prepared, methods to revive the tanks by taking on obligatory repairs in a giant manner could be began from December first week, the Collector added. All particulars as to what repairs are wanted, how a lot of ayacut is there beneath the tank and the way many individuals/cattle depend upon them for ingesting water functions could be recorded.
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