Latest Krishnagiri Reservoir Project News & Updates

Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), July 19 (IANS) Groundnut farmers in Karimangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district have appealed to the district administration and the Water Resources Department (WRD) to divert water from the right canal of the Krishnagiri Reservoir Project (KRP) dam to a chain of irrigation tanks, warning that thousands of hectares of standing crops are at risk due to an acute water shortage. Groundnut is among the major oilseed crops cultivated in Dharmapuri district, covering ne…