Bharath asks Kurnool Ganesh pandals for half-to-1½-foot clay idols as Tungabhadra and K-C Canal run dry
Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath Gupta on 5 September 2026 appealed to Ganesh pandal organisers in Kurnool to install only small clay idols for the upcoming Vinayaka Chaturthi because there is insufficient water in the Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal, where idols