Save Samba Crop Farmers Crying in Delta Regions
Posted on: 01/Dec/2012 12:24:00 PM - No. of views : (4279)
In Delta Regions like Thanjavur, Kumbakonam,Karaikkal and even interior places of farming fields are fully drought due to absence of Water from Mettur Dam.
The present storage of Mettur reservoir is alarming and the prospect of bringing the Samba crop to maturity is very bleak. The northeast monsoon failed and as a result, the storage of Mettur reservoir on November 27 was 6.34 tmcft after accounting the dead storage and domestic water supply.
Having already lo�st the Kuruvai crop, the farmers will not be able to save even the single Sam�ba crop if water shortage continues. The farmers in the farming regions invested more and even if it continuous the food scarcity will takes place in each and every places of Tamilnadu. According to Ms Jaya�la�lithaa, the deficit in the ba�s�in is as much as 40 per cent as assessed by the Ca�u�very Monitoring Comm�i�ttee. The distress should have been shared by both the states and as per the tribunal order, Karnataka should have released at least 60 per cent of water.
As per the tribunal order, should ha�ve received about 167.16 tmcft during a period of five months between June and October. However, we have received about 47.31 tmcft. However, adopting the pro-rata sharing of distress, as envisaged by the Cauvery Monitoring Com�m�ittee, Tamil Nadu sho�uld have received 100.85 tmcft and there is a shortfall of 53.4 tmcft.
