With the decision of the State government to provide irrigation facility to the ayacut of Musi project for kharif season, farmers of 42 villages in Suryapet and Nalgonda district under left and right canals are now switching from cotton to paddy cultivation. Out of 35,000 acres of ayacut under left and right flank canals of Musi project, cultivation of paddy was taken up by the farmers in majority of ayacut area in view of irrigation facility.