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Gundlasingaram anicut cries for attention
While some farmers of the seven villages offered ‘shramdan’ for the anicut, others had spent money from their own pocket. The anicut supplied water through the left canal to Gundlasingaram, Nutankal, Miryala and Lingamaplli villages, in Nutankal mandal, and from the right canal to Patarlapadu, Mukkududevupalli, Istalapuram and Yepuru villages. The anicut which was constructed with an aim of servin
Suryapet: The Gundlasingaram anicut close to Yadavally village on the borders of Nutankal-Atmakur (S) mandals lies in virtual ruins because of neglect by officials for several decades. Anicut was built by farmers of seven villages in 1954, under the leadership of Marru Venkatnarsayya, for overcoming drought situations. The neglect by officials has reduced the ryots dependent on it to tears.
While speaking to The Hans India they said that their repeated appeals to people representatives and officials have fallen on deaf ears.
While some farmers of the seven villages offered ‘shramdan’ for the anicut, others had spent money from their own pocket. The anicut supplied water through the left canal to Gundlasingaram, Nutankal, Miryala and Lingamaplli villages, in Nutankal mandal, and from the right canal to Patarlapadu, Mukkududevupalli, Istalapuram and Yepuru villages. The anicut which was constructed with an aim of serving the future generations, also helped in boosting the groundwater within a radius of five km in several villages. It helped drought-hit ryots in getting irrigation water without having to store the precious commodity. With piled up silt and huge holes in the anicut there is no scope for storing water in it. The anicut was irrigating 1,320 acres, besides additional 700 acres were being fed water from nearby streams.
However, thanks to the heavy rains received, there was an overflow of water. Encouraged by its availability farmers had increased their crop area. When the crop was set for harvest there were more holes in the anicut resulting in it becoming virtually empty. The hopes of ryots that it would be filled, with frequently occurring rains, were dashed because of leakages.
They were in a helpless state with no water for their crops. The anicut’s eight crest gates, under which six sand ramps were placed, have been washed away. Consequently, the sand ramps have been closed with concrete. For the first time in 50 years, the Kiran Kumar Reddy government had spent Rs 29 lakh for repairs.
The contractors washed off their hands by taking up only notional work. They had neglected the real issue which was blocking water storage and resorted to wasteful expenditure. Farmers have appealed to the TRS government to take up repairs in anicut and undertake de-silting work under Mission Kakatiya as such activity would benefit residents of several villages in the two mandals.cries for attention
-BY D Srinivas
