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“It is an arbitrary decision on the part of authorities to impose power cuts for agricultural pumps operating in Paithan, Gangapur and Vaijapur. The four-hour power cut will be in place till further orders,” he said.Jayakwadi major irrigation project is currently filled with only 18% live storage. Also, the MWRRA has standing instruction against the release of water from the dam for irrigation needs once the reservoir reaches dead storage. Even farmers lifting water in a legal manner will get affected,” he said.Jayakwadi major irrigation project, which is lifeline for parts of Marathwada , supplies water to Aurangabad, Jalna and Parbhani districts among other areas of the region. Aurangabad: Acting on the directives of the district administration, the state power utility has started cutting off power supply for agricultural pumps operating in backwaters of Jayakwadi dam for four hours.The measure, which aims at putting check on illegal lifting of water from Jayakwadi dam and its backwater, has been implemented in Paithan, Gangapur and Vaijapur sub-divisions of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited (MSEDCL).Sanjay Akude, MSEDCL superintendent engineer for Aurangabad rural, on Thursday said that agricultural pumps in three sub-divisions concerned used to get power supply for eight hours, which has further been reduced to half.“Agricultural pumps get power supply through special feeders, which will operate only for four hours in Paithan, Gangapur and Vaijapur sub-divisions..