Hans News Service

Kadiri

Bringingmajor relief to the farming community, Kadiri MLA Kandikunta Venkata Prasad announced that water will be released through the main branch canal for Talupula and NP Kunta mandals.

Addressing pressing agricultural and domestic needs, the MLA noted that despite severe weather challenges and drinking water shortages caused by El Niño, the coalition government under Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu successfully preserved adequate water reserves.

Although the initial strategy aimed to retain full reservoir capacity to avert summer deficits, a special initiative was sanctioned to assist farmers, safeguard mango orchards, and fulfill drinking water demands in the region.

Cautioning local cultivators, MLA Venkata Prasad urged farmers not to take matters into their own hands by breaching canals or unlawfully diverting water into local tanks. He assured that government officials will systematically route water supplies to reservoirs and tanks facing critical shortages. Reaffirming the ruling coalition’s farmer-centric approach, the MLA emphasized that the administration views public grievances as its own responsibility and remains unwavering in its support for the agrarian sector.

He appealed to local residents and farmers to utilize the released water judiciously and extend full cooperation to engineering and revenue officials managing the distribution. Local farming leaders welcomed the decision, noting that timely canal water release will protect standing horticultural crops and secure rural drinking water security across Talupula and NP Kunta mandals.