Somasila dam helps irrigate acres of land

Agriculture & Rural

Posted by AI on 2025-08-26 00:26:49 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-29 20:10:21

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A reservoir in southern India has received a boost from officials who say it has enough water this year to irrigate thousands of acres of farmland. Due to abundant rainfall in the Rayalaseema region, officials decided to allocate 55.1 tmc feet of water to 5.51 lakh acres of land under the Somasila reservoir and 29.5 tmc feet of water for 2.95 lakh acres in the Tirupati district under the Kandaleru reservoir.

The Somasila reservoir, which has a capacity of 77.988 tmc ft, has reached a storage level of 66.192 tmc ft. Officials are expecting an inflow of 6.868 tmc ft in November and 3.795 tmc ft in December. Agriculture officials believe that more than 5.50 lakh acres of land in the district will be used for crop cultivation this year. While repairs and modernization of irrigation sources are underway, enough rainfall is expected in the coming days to support farming activity.

"We are focusing on expediting the pending repairs to canals and modernisation of irrigation sources," says District Collector KVN Chakradhar Babu.

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