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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Despite the 'war on drought', Andhra Pradesh fails to save crops

Despite the 'war on drought', Andhra Pradesh fails to save crops

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published Published on Dec 7, 2016   modified Modified on Dec 7, 2016
-PTI

The “war on drought” announced by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has failed to yield the desired results, with groundnut crop output plummeting despite crores of rupees spent on providing water for irrigation.

Scanty rain during July-August prompted the state government to declare a ‘war’ on drought by deploying thousands of rain guns to wet standing groundnut crops in 15 lakh acres in Anantapuramu district, 4.5 lakh acres in Kurnool and two lakh acres in Chittoor as it faced the threat of drying up.

The chief minister led the campaign by camping in Anantapuramu for over four days while at least 10 ministers, a number of legislators, 21 IAS officers, 80 deputy collector-rank officers and scores of other staff were drafted in these districts to oversee the operation.

6,777 rain guns and 6,434 sprinklers were deployed in Anantapuramu district, 2,285 rain guns and 2,686 sprinklers in Kurnool, 3,915 rain guns and 3,855 sprinklers in Chittoor and 356 each in Kadapa districts, according to government statistics.

“Our aim is to save every acre of the crop and we are confident that we will succeed to save at least 90%,” Chandrababu had announced on August 30 before leaving for Anantapuramu.

The chief minister, who boasts of a “realtime governance” using his “CORE Dashboard”, sounded lost when asked why there was at least a 10-day delay in taking up drought mitigation measures.

“My people had not told me. Neither did you people (media) report (the gravity of the situation),” he remarked.

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Hindustan Times, 5 December, 2016, http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/despite-the-war-on-drought-andhra-pradesh-fails-to-save-crops/story-xb9swO6I6xxpo3Dfz67IkJ.html


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