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Despite scarcity, Telangana & Andhra providing water to farmers
HYDERABAD: Even after the onset of the monsoon, there is no water in all the major irrigation projects across the Krishna River. All the projects including Almatti dam in Karnataka are empty now. The available water at Almatti dam was just 11 tmcft on Monday. Only if the dam is full will water reach Srisailam project, which will address the needs of the Telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, in one way or other. Interestingly, despite lack of sufficient water in irrigation projects across the Krishna River, AP and TS are not facing water scarcity for agricultural operations at present. There are several reasons for this. As far as Andhra is concerned, diversion of Godavari water to Krishna river…