Polavaram cofferdam work will begin in April subsequent, says official
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Polavaram challenge Superintendent Engineer Medapati Nagireddy has mentioned that provide of water from the Godavari will be stopped from March 31, 2021 as work on cofferdam will start in April.
At a joint assembly of the Irrigation Advisory Boards (IAB) of East and West Godavari districts held right here on Tuesday, Mr. Nagireddy mentioned development of cofferdam in the Cap-3 (300 meter size) would begin in April and full by June because it was proposed to finish the challenge by December 2021.
“A maximum of 9,000 cusecs of water per day can be supplied till March 31. Farmers have to go for the 90-day duration crop varieties of paddy instead of 120 or 130-day crop varieties in the rabi season. We do not have any alternative way to manage the schedule as per the plan of the Polavaram Project Authority,” mentioned Mr. Nagireddy in response to a request for launch of water until mid-April to save lots of the rabi season crops undertaken in the Godavari delta.
The authorities of East and West Godavari districts have been requested to handle the scenario by storing water in varied sources together with ponds to fulfill the water wants for consuming and livestock.
Crop acreage
In the rabi season, the traditional acreage underneath the paddy cultivation is 4.36 lakh acres in East Godavari and 4.60 lakh acres in West Godavari in the Central, Eastern and Western delta of the river Godavari.
East Godavari Collector D. Muralidhar Reddy mentioned: “About 75% of harvesting of paddy in the kharif season is yet to be completed. In rabi season, the crop duration of the paddy varieties preferred in the district is 120-130 days, needing water after March. The Konaseema region will be the most affected if the water supply is stopped from April 1.”
Water administration
Speaking on the event, Agriculture Minister Kurasala Kannababu noticed that protecting in view the precedence of the Polavaram irrigation challenge, the administration of water was essential and the departments of agriculture and irrigation ought to work in tandem for it.
The Polavaram cofferdam closure interval — March to June 2021– ought to be devoted for modernisation and upkeep of the irrigation methods.
An motion plan for it ought to be ready, mentioned Mr. Kannababu.
East Godavari In-Charge Minister D. Krishna Das, Social Welfare Minister P. Viswarup, West Godavari Collector Revu Mutyala Raju, and irrigation officers have been current in the assembly.
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