HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) proposed to take farmers in the ayacut of Sriramsagar Project (SRSP) in various Telangana districts into agitation mode demanding increase in the carrying capacity of the main canal, distributaries and field channels of the project.
TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao would participate in a bus yatra from Nadigudem in Nalgonda district to Pochampad, the dam site. People would hold rallies, demonstrations and rasta rokos separately in Nalgonda, Warangal and Karimnagar districts as part of the agitation whose schedule was yet to be finalised, Mr. Rao told a news conference here on Thursday.
‘Enhance capacity’
He asked the Government to enhance the capacity of the main canal from 7,500 cusecs to 18,000 cusecs.
He also demanded balancing reservoirs for the project in Warangal and Nalgonda districts to improve gravity flow of water.
Mr. Rao alleged that the Government was deliberately neglecting SRSP, the only major project meeting the irrigation requirements of Telangana, to ensure river water to coastal districts.
However, it made tall claims of irrigating 15 lakh acres under the project after limiting the capacity of the main canal to 7,500 cusecs.
This was unbelievable as the irrigated area of Nagarjunasagar project had never exceeded 17 lakh acres with the aggregate carrying capacity of its right and left canals being as high as 22,000 cusecs.
Telangana suffered a raw deal in irrigation sector though the Major Irrigation Ministers in the present Congress Government and the previous TDP regime hailed from the region, he added.
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