BRS demands operation of all pumps at LI projects to fill tanks with flood water
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party has criticized the current state government for failing to operate lift irrigation pumps despite heavy flood inflows. They argue that the government is intentionally withholding water to avoid procurement burdens and is providing insufficient power to the farm sector.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions regarding water management and agricultural policy in the Krishna and Godavari river basins.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded that the State government operate all pumping stations of lift irrigation projects/schemes to fill online reservoirs to give water directly to the ayacut and help improve groundwater table so that it could benefit the areas not covered by projects and their canal systems.
Speaking separately, former ministers G. Jagadish Reddy and V. Srinivas Goud along with former MLAs Dr. M. Anand, B. Harshavardhan Reddy and MLCs Naveen Kumar and T. Ravinder Rao said here on Thursday that heavy flood was reaching most of the projects in the Krishna and Godavari Basins, but the government had not switched on all pumping stations to lift water and fill tanks linked.
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