“We are getting drinking water once in three to four days and residents are desperately waiting for water supply in Ongole. We are suffering due to the severe water scarcity over the past few days,” said K. Sangita, a resident of the Santhapeta area. There is no water for crops and the production has decreased, say the farmers.
Several habitations in Santanutalapadu, Kanigiri, Darsi, Markapuram, Ongole, Giddaluru, Donakonda, Podili, Yerragondlapalem and other mandals are facing severe drinking water shortages. “The Gundlakamma and Ramateerthem reservoirs are almost dried up, and less water was seen in the Rallapadu and Mopadu reservoirs. Many villages depend on the Nagarjuna Sagar canal, Manneru, Paleru and Musi rivers,” said a chilly farmer M. Sesaiah.
