With a shortfall in rains, water was released on Sunday to save and irrigate the standing crops in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh.
Raipur Collector Saurabh Kumar ordered the release of water from the reservoirs, an official communication said.
Raipur has recorded 1.5 mm rains in the last 24 hours. The average rainfall in the last 10 years is 786.7 mm in Raipur district but this year it is 623.1 mm.
The Water Resources Department, Raipur, has intimated that water has been released for Dharsiwa (9 villages), Arang (26 villages), Abhanpur (10 villages) and Tilda (75 villages), covering a total of 12,277 hectares of crop land.