29 per cent of normal area sown in the State
Sowing
of cotton, soyabean, maize and red-gram have picked up though
transplantation of paddy remains sluggish all over the State, including
rain-fed areas in Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and West Godavari
districts.
Into its 30 day, the South-West monsoon
has ensured excess rainfall to Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Krishna,
Guntur, Prakasam, Nizamabad, Medak, Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad,
Mahabubnagar and Khammam districts, but did not benefit Visakhapatnam,
Nellore and Anantapur which reported deficit. The remaining districts
received normal rainfall.
A larger area would have
been under crop but for the fact that no significant inflows reached the
reservoirs of major projects across the Godavari, Krishna, Penna and
Vamsadhara.
They are devoid of any inflows because of lack of rains in the catchment areas lying in the neighbouring States.
Whatever meagre inflows being received now in the Krishna river, were being absorbed by the
Almatti
dam. Andhra Pradesh has to wait for some more time for water to flow
into Jurala, Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar. The crest-gates of Almatti
will be lifted only after full storage (129 tmcft) is achieved in its
reservoir.
All the 15 major projects in the State,
including Srisailam and Nagarjunagsar, now account for a combined
storage of 243 tmcft and this was 641 tmcft short of their full capacity
which is 884 tmcft.
There is no improvement in the storage of Sriramsagar as it was getting a negligible inflow of 267 cusecs.
Source: http://to.ly/mf1U
