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El Nino Crisis: Telangana Faces Severe Water Shortage and Drought Warning
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News18•16-10-2026, 12:47
El Nino Crisis: Telangana Faces Severe Water Shortage and Drought Warning
- •The next 9-10 months are expected to be extremely terrifying, putting millions of people on the brink of crisis due to El Nino.
- •Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy warned that falling water levels in reservoirs are pushing the state toward an unprecedented crisis.
- •Monsoon rainfall has been 23 percent below normal, severely impacting water availability in reservoirs across the state.
- •The Chief Minister urged farmers to postpone the sowing of the Yasangi crop and appealed to the public to use water and electricity judiciously.
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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged farmers to postpone sowing the Yasangi (Rabi) crop and asked the public to use water and electricity judiciously to handle falling reservoir levels and surging power demand caused by El Nino.
Monsoon rainfall in Telangana has been 23 percent below normal, leaving reservoirs in the Krishna river basin with 72 percent less water than the previous year and causing severe stress on drinking water and irrigation supplies.
Telangana plans to send an all-party delegation to Delhi to meet the Union Home Minister and request financial assistance for farmers who suffered crop losses and cannot sow for the upcoming crop season due to the El Nino crisis.
