Water release schedule for all major reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh has been advanced due to bountiful storage, Minister for Irrigation Ambati Rambabu has said, adding that water was released from the Nagarjunasagar dam into the NSP Right Canal on Wednesday.
Water was released to the Godavari delta on June 1, while the Krishna water was released from the Prakasam Barrage on June 10 to the western delta, the Minister said while participating in the ‘Eruvaka’ festival at Chagantivaripalem in Muppala mandal in Sattenapalli constituency on Wednesday.
“Eruvaka, the traditional practice of ploughing the field marking the beginning of a new cropping season, is still in vogue in many villages of the State,” said the Minister after ploughing a filed, along with Palnadu Collector Siva Sankar Lotheti, as part of the festival.
