After the Godavari delta, it is now the turn of Rayalaseema to contemplate the ‘crop holiday’ option. Though water is available aplenty, the high input cost and unremunerative market have apparently made the farmer drop the plough.
The palpable unhappiness in farmers has taken a serious turn and is not limited to a district or a particular ayacut, but is spread across Rayalaseema-Nellore. Kurnool Cuddapah (KC) Canal, which has an official ayacut of 90,000 acres, generally gets ready for its second crop in around 50,000 acres by July, but there is hardly a semblance of activity.
