India to expand irrigation by a tenth to cut monsoon reliance

NEW DELHI: India plans to expand its farmland under irrigation by at least a tenth in the next three years, potentially boosting grains output by an equal proportion in the world's second-biggest rice and wheat producer, a top government official told Reuters.The extra irrigated area would cut India's dependence on annual monsoon rains that water crops grown on nearly half of the country's farmlands. Rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean are the main monsoon crops. Crop yields on irrigated farms are usually 2-2.5 times those in rain-fed areas. Better yields would boost exports after India shipped large quantities of rice and wheat in recent years."We have around 97 million hectares under irrigation and it's slated to go up by 10% by 2017. Eventually, the potential is to take this forward by almost half to 149 million hectares," A.B. Pandya, chairman of the state-run Central Water Commission, said in an interview on Monday.

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Denduluru Fights to Tackle Irrigation, Aquaculture Issues

Denduluru Assembly constituency had once been the centre of the freedom movement. Kovvali and Potunur villages under the constituency are noted for producing freedom fighters. Agriculture is the main livelihood of people in the constituency covering three mandals — Denduluru, Pedavegi and Pedapad.

It is also known for organic farming and the constituency gets irrigation water from Krishna and Godavari rivers while borewells serve the purpose in dry land areas. The constituency also boasts of a national oil palm research centre.

A host of problems plague even this enlightened constituency where the literacy rate is very high. Kovvali village alone has 350 teachers working in public and private schools. The biggest issue is that of unemployment among youth. Elected representatives, who have even gone on to become ministers, have failed to solve the problem.