Mahabubnagar: This Rabi period, farmers are dealing with difficult time because of regular power cuts as well as their period prolonging as much as 12 hrs at a stretch.
The Palamuru ryots are a much harried great deal as the power circulation firms are overlooking the need for ranch industry at this essential stage. With the summertime period readied to begin in March-April, they fret the returns would certainly take a radical hit as the areas are obtaining blistered.
According to the stats given by the Power Distribution as well as Transmission Company (Transco), there more than 5.4 lakh three-phace links to the farming industry throughout the Palamuru area (erstwhile Mahabubnagar). Assuming a 24-hour complimentary continuous power supply in position, greater than 6.18 lakh acres would certainly have been grown by the farmers in the state this period. Of these, around 3 lakh acres are anticipated to be under water-intensive paddy plant this Yasangi period. However, confronted with regular power cuts, the farmers have actually reduced the degree of paddy paddy growing degree. Those that have actually gone all out remain in a predicament whether they would certainly need to deal with big losses because of poor watering of their lands.
Except for the farmers covered by Koilsagar, Bheema, Nettampadu as well as Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Schemes, greater than 70 percent of farmers are depending upon birthed wells. Uninterrupted power supply has actually come to be vital for their excellent returns, state the leaders of farmers organization. Discoms are making power supply throughout weird hrs based upon the feeder schedule, creating excellent difficulties to the farmers to watch on the power supply as well as wait it out in the areas night and day.
Wanaparthy area has 3 stage links amounting to 2.19 lakh, complied with by Nagarkurnool area twith 1.43 lakh links. Mahabubnagar as well as Narayanpet areas with each other have around 1.14 lakh 3-phase links, while Jogulamba Gadwal has having about 68,000 links.
A Ramer Ramchander from Shankarayapally town of Jadcherla mandal stated he was fed up of the regular power cuts as well as had actually determined to minimize the property of his plant from 2 acres in stormy period to simply half an acre in the rabi period.
According to Sri Rama Murthy, Superintendent Engineer (SE) of Mahabubnagar power division, the primary factor for regular power cuts is absence of schedule of power supply from the primary power grid. “Every day we are facing a shortage of over 2,000 MW from the central power grid. Because of this, there are frequent power cuts for over a month. Once the power availability is increased from the power grid, the problem will be solved,” stated the SE.
