Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Water Shortage Complicates Ganesha Idol Immersion Plans in Karimnagar
Many people in Karimnagar and Sircilla have prepared Ganesha idols for a festival ceremony.
The idols are usually placed in tanks, canals, or rivers for immersion.
This year, there has been less rain, so some water bodies are too dry.
Karimnagar officials want water released from the SRSP project into the Chinthakunta canal.
They are also cleaning the immersion site and repairing the nearby bund.
Another immersion location, Kothapalli tank, has a court-related problem involving private land.
In Sircilla, the Manair river does not have enough water.
Officials are therefore digging two large artificial ponds for the ceremony.
Low rainfall and depleted water bodies are complicating Ganesha idol immersion in Karimnagar and Sircilla.
About 3,000 idols from Karimnagar’s 66 municipal divisions are usually immersed at three locations.
Officials have requested water releases from the SRSP project because Chinthakunta canal is dry.
Immersion plans at Kothapalli tank were affected by a court petition from a private landowner.
Sircilla is digging two artificial ponds because the Manair river has insufficient flow.
- Who
- Karimnagar and Sircilla municipal officials, local MLA Gangula Kamalakar, Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay Kumar, and residents are involved in the arrangements.
- What
- Officials are arranging water releases, alternative immersion sites, and artificial ponds for Ganesha idols.
- When
- Before the planned Ganesha idol immersion; the articles do not specify a date.
- Where
- Karimnagar and Sircilla, including Manakondur tank, Kothapalli tank, Chinthakunta canal, and the Manair river.
- Why
- Deficient rainfall, low water levels, a dry canal, insufficient river flow, and a court petition affecting Kothapalli tank have created obstacles.
- Karimnagar idols
- Around 3,000 idols installed across 66 divisions are usually immersed at three locations.
- Karimnagar sites
- The usual sites are Manakondur tank, Kothapalli tank, and Chinthakunta SRSP canal.
- Chinthakunta canal
- The canal is dry and depends on the SRSP project for water.
- Manakondur tank
- Officials said the tank has adequate water.
- Kothapalli tank
- A private landowner approached the court to prevent immersion on land within the full tank level limits.
- Sircilla ponds
- Officials are digging two ponds, each 100 feet by 100 feet and 12 feet deep.
- Sircilla water source
- Officials plan to divert the thin flow from the Manair river’s upper reaches into the artificial ponds.