Ashutosh Tiwari, Jagdalpur. The news of Lalluram.com has again had a big impact. The department has released 6.00 cumec water from the Koorada Dam to irrigate farmers. So far, water has been opened for 11 villages. There is an atmosphere of happiness among the farmers after getting water for irrigation.
Please tell that due to lack of water, the troubled farmers of 22 villages had demanded from the government that either they should be given water or their debt should be forgiven. Lalluram.com had published the news prominently on this, which has had a big impact today.
In fact, during the BJP rule, the Kocerveda irrigation project was started to overcome the irrigation problem of farmers. The project used to provide water to 7360 hectares of agricultural land in 22 villages. For the last 14 years, farmers have been dependent on this water and cultivating paddy and maize. But this year the situation became so serious that farmers could not get water for irrigation. The farmers had submitted a memorandum to Water Resources Minister Kedar Kashyap 15 days ago and demanded release of water from Kosadatera, but no concrete steps were taken on it. Officials of the Irrigation Department said that only 5% water remains in the Koosreta dam, which cannot reach the farmers. At the same time, the farmers had alleged that 10% more water had accumulated in the dam this year and the authorities had allowed the crop to be planted. But later the water of the farmers was released to make Chitrakote Falls beautiful.
Troubled farmers had two options before the administration, either they should be given water or their debt should be forgiven. If water is not released, the farmers will be forced to jam the national highway.