BRS launches Rythu Padayatra demanding lifting of Godavari water

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has launched a padayatra from Annapurna Sagar to Ranganyaka Sagar in Siddipet district on Sunday, exposing the government’s failure to impound the reservoirs built as part of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS).

A huge number of BRS workers and farmers joined the massive rally. Since the Congress government failed to lift Godavari water from Kannepally pump house, the BRS decided to launch multiple protests across the State, to expose Congress failures at a time when the State was reeling under



serious drought.

A couple of days ago BRS staged a ‘maha dharna’ at Kondapochamma Sagar. The party was also planning a protest at Mallanna Sagar this week. Since the water levels have come down in these four reservoirs, the future of paddy cultivation was in jeopardy in Siddipet district.

The farmers have completed the sowing operations only in 24 per cent of the area so far in the district. Former Minister T Harish Rao, MLC Deshapathi Srinivas and several other leaders will participate in the protest.