By SNV Sudhir
According to them, successive governments have failed
to settle the disputes since decades, and division of the state without
resolving these issues will only aggravate the problems of north Andhra, which
is already lagging behind in development in all sectors.
There are only two rivers with surplus waters, Nagavali and
Vamsadhara, while 14 other rivers have deficit yields. All these rivers
originate in Odisha and flow into north Andhra region but North Andhra
has been unable to utilize the waters of Vamsadhara and Nagavali, because of
very minute problems with Odissha which remain unresolved since Independence .
Odisha government proposes to build a dam on Vamsadhara at
Phanidongara, to link Nagavali and Rushikulya rivers, increase the height of
dam on river Bahuda at Bagalutti and construct a new project on Mahendratanaya
river, which will reduce north Andhra to a desert.
“When the state government failed to resolve the disputes
despite good strength of MPs how can we expect them to be resolved with a few
MPs after the division?” asked Uttarandhra Rakshana Vedika (URV), president,
S.S. Shivasankar.
The only solution to the water problem of the region is
construction of Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanthi and Polavaram project. The
Polavaram left canal will cater to the needs of Visakhapatnam district farmers. About
1.43lakh acres ayacut will be irrigated and Vizag city drinking water problem
will be solved with Polavaram. With the Uttarandhra Sujala Sravathi, around
8lakh acres of ayacut in the three districts will be irrigated.
Retired chief engineer (Irrigation), S.
Satyanarayana of Uttarandhra Rakshana Vedika said that neglect
of irrigation projects has resulted in migrations. The URV
representatives said that north Andhra has been neglected ever since the
formation of Odisha in 1936.
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