Despite being located in the Manjeera sub-basin of Godavari Basin, Zaheerabad Parliamentary constituency, which came into being in 2009 as part of the reorganisation of Lok Sabha constituencies, is haunted by drought conditions regularly with no assured irrigation facilities in a majority of the areas.
There is a lack of major industries except for an automotive unit of Mahindra in Zaheerabad, and the constituency largely depends on agriculture as the main economic activity. It is a risky occupation due to the lack of proper irrigation facilities and strained groundwater resources in all seven Assembly segments, though some pockets of Banswada and Yellareddy are irrigated under Nizamsagar and Kamareddy under Sriramsagar project.
Notwithstanding tall claims made by those who represented the area either in the State Legislature or in Parliament till the last decade, a majority of the villages were denied even assured/ dependable drinking water supply. For more than a decade, some progressive farmers including those from other regions who purchased lands at throwaway prices have been trying to change the landscape with orchards, horticultural and commercial crops in some pockets.
