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Severe El Nino Crisis Looms Over Telangana As Next 9-10 Months Pose Massive Threat.
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News18•16-10-2026, 08:47
Severe El Nino Crisis Looms Over Telangana As Next 9-10 Months Pose Massive Threat.
- •Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy warned that depleting reservoir water levels and surging electricity demand are pushing the state toward an unprecedented El Nino crisis, making the next 9 to 10 months extremely difficult.
- •Monsoon rainfall in the state was 23 percent below normal, and reservoirs in the Krishna basin currently hold 72 percent less water compared to last year.
- •Power demand in October has spiked from the usual 15,000 megawatts to 20,003 megawatts due to the heavy operation of nearly 3 million agricultural pump sets and soaring temperatures.
- •CM Revanth Reddy appealed to farmers to postpone the sowing of the Yasangi Rabi crop and urged the general public to conserve both water and electricity.
- •The state government is seeking financial assistance from the Central Government and plans to send an all-party delegation to Delhi to tackle the looming crisis.
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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy warned of an unprecedented El Niño crisis due to depleting reservoir water levels, rising electricity demand, and a monsoon rainfall deficit that was 23 percent lower than normal.
The Chief Minister urged farmers to postpone the sowing of the Yasangi (Rabi) crop and use irrigation water judiciously, while appealing to the general public to conserve electricity and avoid wasting water.
Chief Minister Reddy compared the El Niño crisis to the Covid pandemic, noting that the United Nations warned it could affect people across 100 countries and impact roughly 1 billion individuals directly or indirectly.
