In view of the reduced flow in the Cauvery and the Kollidam and in anticipation of scarcity conditions, the district administration has taken up the exercise by involving Water Resources, Agriculture, and Agriculture Engineering departments
Inspecting the fields, Shyam Prasad directs officials to widely propagate the adoption of Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing across the district as a sustainable agricultural practice
Since June 1, the start of the current water year, four reservoirs of the Cauvery basin have received around 30 tmc ft, whereas Tamil Nadu has not even received four tmc ft, says an expert in Chennai
Paying tribute to engineer K.L. Rao at the Pavitra Sangamam, the Chief Minister said linking the two rivers could irrigate lakhs of acres, and that the TDP had brought Godavari water into the Krishna through Pattiseema
Dr. Anbumani urged the State government to implement 12 water management projects, and said around ₹1 lakh crore should be invested in water projects over the next 10 years despite the financial burden experienced by the State
The Collector said out of 3,714 works sanctioned under NREGS, 3,707 were initiated, and 3,446 have been completed
Inaugurating restoration works on the Vedadri-Kanchala Lift Irrigation Scheme, the Minister says ₹4,500 crore will be spent on repairing and maintaining lift irrigation schemes across the State