Farmers of Krishna and West Godavari districts are expressing doubts on whether or not the first pump of the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLIS) will be installed by September 15 as the machinery shipped from China had not reached Gujarat port till the evening of September 8.
On Wednesday morning, however, the irrigation officials received communication from Gujarat saying that one motor and two pumps were unloaded and they would be sent by road either tonight or Thursday morning.
Ramesh Babu, Superintendent Engineer of Pattiseema Project told The Hindu that it would take at least 36 hours for the machines to reach PLIS site and another 48 hours for their installation and connection.
“With all probabilities and if the rain god supports us, we will have two pumps ready by September 15 morning,” he said.
The capacity of the pump is 354 cusecs per hour and if the 4.71 MV motor runs for 24 hours 0.3 tmcft water will be pumped into the canal. “We want to fix 24 pumps to lift 8,500 cusecs of water by next February,” Mr. Ramesh Babu said.
However, the tail-end farmers in West Godavari and also some parts in Krishna district were opposed to the release of water through the right canal.
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