: Even as most irrigation projects received are good inflows, storing water in the projects or supplying it downstream has been affected for various reasons. The Kaleshwaram scheme woes are well known, with the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages being unable to store any water due to the damage they have sustained. The low-level canal of the A.
Madhav Reddy Project was breached at Marepally of Anymula mandal in Nalgonda district. Officials stopped water release at 10 am. Water had been released to the canal from the Nagarjunasagar Project for filling of irrigation tanks.
About 550 cusecs of water was released to the canal for five days. Irrigation department have taken up repairs. In Adilabad district, there was no scope for storing water in Komaram Bheem, Korata Chanka and Sadarmat projects.
Water is continuously discharged from these projects downstream. The Komaram Bheem and Korata-Chanaka were hit by land acquisition and funds crunch. There are no main canals for the projects while work at Sadarmat has not been completed.
Lcoal farmers said these projects are incomplete in many respects. The Komaram Bheem project can hold is 10.6 tmc ft, but is always kept half-full to avoid damage since the bund of the spillway has many cracks.
The project, inaugurated in 2011, was aimed to irrigate 45,000 acres. The Korata-Chanaka on the river Penganga and Komaram Bheem project pose the threat of floods and inundate villages in low-lying areas. The Korata-Chanaka barrage was aimed.