Farmers who are readying to raise paddy in the command areas of Amaravathi Dam during the current kuruvai season have every reason to rejoice as the Public Works Department released water from the dam on Friday.
Officials in PWD (Water Resource Organisation) told The Hindu that water would be released in different spells for over a period of 120 days with 45 days break given in between the sequences of water discharge.
“Paddy is usually the predominant crop raised in the 7,520 acres that would be benefitted by the water release. Coconut and sugarcane are the two standing crops in the said region,” said the agriculture department officials. Water was released at the rate of 300 cusecs into the Amaravathi River in order to feed eight irrigation channels namely Ramakulam channel, Kallapuram channel, Komaralingam channel, Sarkar Kannadiputhur channel, Chomaldevi channel, Kaniyur channel, Kadathur channel and Karatholvu channel.
