Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha demanded that state govt immediately construct a coffer dam at Kannepalli pump house to tackle drought and save farmers. She set the deadline as Nov-end for starting works and warned of intense agitation at Kannepalli pump house if the construction is not initiated. She urged the govt to keep politics at bay while dealing with farmers’ issues.Kavitha inspected Pranahita river water flow at the Kannepalli pump house along with party leaders on Monday. Addressing the media, she highlighted the severe drought conditions gripping Telangana and offered actionable, engineering-backed solutions to the state govt to rescue struggling farmers.“Despite prevailing drought conditions, nearly 2 tmcft of Pranahita river water flows unused daily. Constructing a temporary coffer dam at 93 meters above the Kannepalli pump house can divert this water seamlessly to Annaram and Sundilla reservoirs, completely bypassing the damaged Medigadda barrage and recharging the entire water network,” Kavitha said.She said the proposed solution requires an estimated ₹25 crore and can be completed within 45 days. TRS promised to hand over the technical details of this proposal to the govt and engineers for review.Stating that this is the ideal season for restoration, Kavitha urged the govt to simultaneously initiate repair work at Medigadda without delaying water pumping for crops.“Out of 1.36 crore acres of arable land in Telangana, crops have been sown in 1.1 crore acres and are now in their critical stages requiring urgent water and power supplies. Govt must procure power immediately to safeguard the crops,” she said.
