Revanth, Uttam seek water from Karnataka

* Karnataka is examining Telangana’s request

* Karnataka had been requested to consider releasing some water from the Narayanpur reservoir so that additional inflows could reach Jurala and provide relief to farmers.  Release of water from the from the Upper Krishna system would save standing crops and save farmers

Metro India News | Hyderabad : Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy have requested the Karnataka government for release of water from the Upper Krishna system to help save standing crops facing water stress in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said Telangana had taken up the matter with the Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in view of the difficult water situation in the Krishna basin and the urgent requirement of farmers dependent on the Jurala system.

He said Karnataka had been requested to consider releasing some water from the Narayanpur reservoir so that additional inflows could reach Jurala and provide relief to farmers whose standing crops were under stress.

“We have explained the situation and requested them to release some water. They have said they will examine the availability and get back to us,” Uttam Kumar Reddy said.

The Minister said the government was making every possible effort to protect standing crops, while at the same time ensuring adequate reserves for drinking-water requirements during the months ahead. He pointed out that the present situation required careful management of the limited water available in the reservoirs. Any releases for irrigation, he said, had to be calibrated keeping in view the need to maintain drinking-water security if the dry conditions continued. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the present crisis also underlined the importance of creating adequate storage infrastructure in the upper reaches of the Krishna within Telangana.