Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has alleged 30 tmcft of water from the Somasila Reservoir was wasted and demanded stern action against the Irrigation Department officials and State Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy for it.
TDP politburo member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy recalled that the Irrigation Advisory Board resolved to provide water for the second crop to 2.85 lakh acres before the start of the season. However, e-crop records of the Agriculture Department showed that only 97,000 acres of land had been cultivated, he said in a statement released to the media.
