Mysuru district in-charge Minister H.C. Mahadevappa said here on Saturday that the Irrigation Consultative Committee (ICC) meeting will be convened shortly to decide on discharge of water from the dams for crops.
He was speaking to mediapersons in the city after distribution of seeds to farmers. Mr. Mahadevappa said this will enable the farmers to take up or plan for paddy cultivation. However, he urged the officials to encourage farmers to opt for short-duration varieties instead of long-duration variety as the climatic conditions were not conducive for long-duration crops given the vagaries of monsoon. He said sowing long-duration variety of paddy could affect the crop yield and have a negative bearing on the farmers income.
The Minister said though the ICC meeting has not been convened, the Irrigation Department had already started discharging water to canals to enable the waterbodies downstream to be replenished.
