Farmers in drought-prone Prakasam district are a worried lot due to fall in khariff acreage even as the season is set to come to close by September-end.
The colossal waste of water from the Kandula Obul Reddy Gundalakamma reservoir at Mallavaram following repairs to crest gates has put paid to the hopes of farmers to grow crops as the snag coincided with the middle of the cropping season.