Abstract

                                The Godavary irrigation system comprises the delta portions of the two revenue districts of the East and West Godavary and it supplies water annually for raising two crops of paddy. In most of the irrigation projects of the southern Presidency, a short first crop is closely followed by a long duration second crop; while in the Godavary delta a long duration variety is cultivatel between June to November and is followed after an interval of two months by a short duration second crop of Dalva (as it is locally known) between February and May. Due to the insufficiency of water supply in the river, hetween the months of February and April, the area allowed for the dilua cultivation is about 28 per cent. of the first crop and on the whole comes to about 200,000 of acres, of which the Western Delta alone contributes 125,000 acres.

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