Farmers in the tail-end area of PAP (Parambikulam Aliyar Project) canal lodged a complaint against the Assistant Executive Engineer of Water Resources Department late on Saturday night, after staging a sit-in protest at the PWD office demanding due share of water for irrigation.
Two days after the release, water was yet to reach the tail-end, due to which crops raised on 4,000 acres will be affected, said Krishnamoorthy, a farmer of Alampadi village, in his complaint lodged with the Kangayam police.
The farmers charged the official with complicity in water theft from the PAP canal due to which the tail-end farmers were subjected to sufferings.
The utility of second round release of water for first zone for tail-end farmers must be ensured, they emphasised.
Mr. Krishnamoorthy, in his complaint also pointed out that the officials had not implemented the High Court’s directives on fulfilling the due share of water release to tail-end farmers, and demanded a written statement from the PWD official about the extent of water released and the quantum realised in the tail-end areas.
