Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samiti president Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy has sent a letter to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy detailing all the issues prevalent in Rayalaseema and how to solve them.
In the letter, Mr. Reddy claims that Rayalaseema has about 90 lakh acres of cultivatable land and the existing irrigation projects, on paper, provide water to only 19.27 (21.41%) lakh acres. However, in reality, only 7.98 lakh acres of land is receiving water from the projects.
To solve this problem, he says that it is pertinent that irrigation projects are completed all over the State, and the water which is currently going to waste must be diverted to Rayalaseema.
Gundrevula Reservoir, Tungabhadra upper parallel canal, Vedavathi Barrage, Vedavati lift irrigation scheme, Siddheswaram wier, Gorakallu reservoir regulator and Rajoli reservoir must be constructed along with the increase of Handri-Neeva primary canal’s width to 8,000 cusecs.