There are fears among the farmers in villages in Krishna and Guntur districts that they may not get Polavaram water for the coming crop season. Rumours are spreading that the project works will not progress because of the YCP’s changed priorities. The crop lease values are also coming down drastically because of loss of hopes on the Pattiseema water as well.
The second level YCP leaders and MLAs are also expressing helplessness as they don’t have any information on the subject. CM Jaganmohan Reddy has talked more about alleged corruption in the Polavaram project rather than his plans to complete the project.
Irrigation Minister Anil Kumar Yadav couldn’t give any assurance on water supply as he devoted most of his time to finding scope to take revenge against the previous Chandrababu Naidu government. Analysts are saying that the farmers will suffer heavy losses if the government doesn’t take immediate steps to ensure water supply. If there’s farm distress in a higher degree, it will have serious implications on the other sectors as well.