SANGHAR, April 19: The district council demanded on Wednesday that the irrigation department should issue its water rotation schedule as it had not released any water in many canals and minors for more than 15 days without making any prior announcement.

It being cotton sowing season farmers had been left guessing as to when they would be able to start sowing, said council members, Murad Ali Nizamani, Atta Mohammad Chanhio, Abid Laskani, Mohammad Ismail Dars and Umer Khan Khattak.

They said that the department had not carried out desilting of Mithrao canal while Khipro canal had been partially desilted.