Over 220 acres are being cultivated under the lake officially and more than 3,00 acres acres unofficially. The ryots of the ayacut have taken up cultivation of paddy following the pumping.

After filling the Bheemghanpuram lake, water will be diverted to the sump house in Pulukurthi in Atmakur mandal.

Finally, it would be pumped to Dharmasagar reservoir. The water will reach its final destination of Dharmasagar lake near the district headquarters in the next five days, according to the officials.

The lake has nearly 20 acres under its ayacut and Minister for Major Irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah has himself promised to provide irrigation to the area during Kharif.

However, the officials have not made any official declaration about providing water within the next five days. They have yet to decide whether the water pumped would be used for providing drinking water to Warangal city or for irrigation purposes.

They are unable to come to a conclusion in view of the low waterlevel of river Godavari.

The Devadula Engineering division officials said they would think of supplying water for irrigation purposes if there was a rise in the river-level.