Abstract
Agriculture is the old occupation in India. Owing to the state’s geographical position. About 55% of Telangana state’s population is depended on agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihoods. Agriculture in Telangana is depended on rainfall. The average annual rainfall in the state is about 906 mm. 80% of which is received from south-west monsoons (AGRI. ACTION PLAN (2016-17) of Telangana). So the people of the state are dependent on the tanks. The topography and rainfall pattern in the state have made tank irrigation an ideal one. Tanks have been the life of Telangana’s agriculture. Tanks not only used to the agriculture purpose but also it has been helping in providing drinking water to villages, employment opportunity to the rural poor. Telangana State government started the Mission Kakatiya, Mana Ooru – Mana Cheruvu (our village-our tank), programme to develop and restore the tanks all over the state nearly 46,531. The government is aiming to complete the restoration of all the tanks in five years @20% of the tanks each year
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