Archive · 23 Jul 2026
Motors Removed from Polavaram Right Main Canal
Farmers in Vijayawada have been using electric motors to lift water from the Polavaram Right Main Canal to irrigate their fields for the past 12 years.
However, government officials recently removed these motors because the water was not reaching the Krishna Delta.
Farmers are upset because they say this will hurt their crops and cause water shortages.
The government says this is a temporary measure and they will find a solution soon.
Government officials removed unauthorized electric motors along the Polavaram Right Main Canal in Vijayawada.
Farmers have been using these motors for 12 years to irrigate their fields.
The removal was done to ensure water reaches the Krishna Delta.
Farmers protested, blocking a highway and attempting suicide, expressing concerns about crop damage and water shortages.
The government reassured that the removal is temporary and water lifting will resume within a week.
- Who
- Farmers and government officials in Gannavaram Assembly constituency
- What
- Removal of unauthorized electric motors along the Polavaram Right Main Canal
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Gannavaram Assembly constituency, Vijayawada
- Why
- To ensure water reaches the Krishna Delta and address extensive lifting of water through privately installed motors
Farmers' Perspective
Government's Perspective
Water Lifting for Irrigation
Farmers' Perspective
Farmers argue that the removal of motors will severely affect cultivation and lead to water shortages for thousands of acres dependent on irrigation tanks.
Government's Perspective
Government officials state that the removal is necessary to ensure that nearly 7,000 cusecs of Godavari water reaches the Krishna Delta.
Impact on Agriculture
Farmers' Perspective
Farmers claim that paddy nurseries are drying up and transplanted fields are developing cracks due to the lack of irrigation water.
Government's Perspective
The government reassures that the removal is temporary and arrangements will be made to resume water lifting within a week.
- Location
- Gannavaram Assembly constituency, Vijayawada
- Date of Removal
- Wednesday
- Water Source
- Godavari River
- Water Volume
- 7,000 cusecs
- Irrigation Scheme
- Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme
- Departments Involved
- Irrigation, Revenue, Electricity, and Police
- Farmers' Protest
- Blocked Vijayawada-Nuzvid State Highway, attempted suicide
- Government Response
- Temporary measure, reassurance of resumption within a week