State fails to draw its quota of water from Tungabhadra Dam
The Hindu
It is attributed to non-completion of canal modernisation works
Tungabhadra Dam at Hospet in Karnataka is the main source of irrigation water for Anantapur and parts of Kurnool district.
In the 2021 water year, the dam, after a gap of 30 years, had received 212 tmcft water.
It was the second highest quantum of water received after 1980 when the quantum received was 216 tmcft.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.