‘Release water to save standing crops’

Kaligarayan Pasana Sabai has urged the district administration to take steps for releasing water for 10 days into the Kalingarayan canal to save standing sugarcane and banana crops on 6,000 acres. Failure of the crops due to absence of rainfall for the last two months will cause loss of several crores of rupees.

The usual schedule of water release is June 16, V.M. Velayutham, Sabai president reminded the district administration in a petition last week. Water must be released on war-footing in consideration of the rise in the water level in the Bhavani Sagar reservoir, he said.