Farmers urge Government to help with water shortages

Yorkshire is one of the few parts of the country not in drought, but the hottest July on record has meant that less than a millimetre of rain has fallen in the last month across much of the region.

R&B Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy announces that works to increase the water storage capacity of the Gorukallu Reservoir are being undertaken at a cost of ₹53 crore; rapid progress is being made on works worth ₹54 crore to address leakage issues in the reservoir