Minister for Water Resources Ambati Rambabu and Minister for BC Welfare Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna on Wednesday released water from the Sir Arthur Cotton barrage here to the Godavari delta to enable the farmers to commence kharif operations.
About 1,500 cusecs was being released to the entire delta, wherein 10.13 acres of land would get access to irrigation through the existing canal system in the Dowleswaram Irrigation Circle spread over the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts.
Authorities say that the Godavari delta will receive irrigation water from three points of the barrage. The western delta will receive water from Vijjeswaram, central delta from Bobbarlanka, and eastern delta from Dowleswaram.
