Minister for BC Welfare and I&PR, and incharge of East Godavari district Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna on Wednesday appealed to the farmers to kick-start the kharif operations early in the Godavari delta by cashing in on early release of irrigation water.
Paddy is the prime crop preferred in the Godavari delta during kharif.
Mr. Venu Gopala Krishna was addressing the media after releasing water from the Sir Arthur Cotton barrage here along with Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu.