Politics · India · 3 hrs ago
Farmers clash over irrigation water in Wanaparthy district
Farmers in Chintakunta and Mahmadapur villages closed a canal shutter on Tuesday in Pangal mandal, Wanaparthy district, India.
The water comes through Package 27 of the Rajiv Bheema lift irrigation scheme, which supplies farmland through a canal.
Officials released irrigation water after a 15-day gap, but farmers from Kothapeta, Bahadur Gudem, Bandapalli, Jammapur and Busireddypalli said it was not reaching their villages first as before.
Farmers from those villages confronted the two villages’ farmers, and an argument broke out over how the water should flow.
Police and irrigation officials spoke with the farmers and took steps to send water to the villages ahead in the canal.
The dispute was brought under control, and no further action was reported.
Farmers from two groups of villages clashed over irrigation water from the Rajiv Bheema Lift Irrigation Scheme’s Package 27 canal in Wanaparthy district.
The dispute began after farmers from Chintakunta and Mahammadapur closed a canal shutter on Tuesday.
Farmers from five downstream villages objected because irrigation water had not reached them first.
Police spoke with the farmers and arranged for water to flow to the downstream villages.
The situation came under control.
- Who
- Farmers from Chintakunta and Mahammadapur, and farmers from Kothapeta, Bahadur Gudem, Bandapalli, Jammapur and Busireddypalli.
- What
- Farmers argued over irrigation water after a canal shutter was closed.
- When
- Tuesday, after officials released water into the canal following a 15-day gap.
- Where
- The Package 27 canal between Chintakunta and Mahammadapur in Pangal mandal, Wanaparthy district.
- Why
- Downstream farmers said irrigation water had not reached their villages first.
Chintakunta and Mahammadapur farmers
Farmers from five downstream villages
Water flow
Chintakunta and Mahammadapur farmers
They closed the shutter between their villages.
Farmers from five downstream villages
They wanted water to continue downstream as it had before.
Access to irrigation
Chintakunta and Mahammadapur farmers
Not stated.
Farmers from five downstream villages
They objected because water had not reached their villages first.
Officials released irrigation water into the canal.
Farmers from Chintakunta and Mahammadapur closed the shutter between the villages.
Farmers from five downstream villages arrived and argued with them over the water flow.
Police spoke with the farmers and coordinated steps to send water to the downstream villages.
- Scheme
- Rajiv Bheema Lift Irrigation Scheme, Package 27
- Canal location
- Between Chintakunta and Mahammadapur, Pangal mandal
- District
- Wanaparthy
- Downstream villages
- Kothapeta, Bahadur Gudem, Bandapalli, Jammapur and Busireddypalli
- Water release gap
- 15 days
Sources
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