"krishna-water"

TS pleads for unified approach by the Tribunal, AP opposes

Telangana had alleged that AP had made an unauthorised drawl of over 4 tmc of water from the NSP tail-pond in April without the prior consent of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB).

While Telangana insisted on 954.9 tmc, AP pegged its requirement at 1144 tmc.

Talking to the media persons after the BRS Parliamentary Party meeting held at Yerravalli, he said the State was let down by both BJP and Congress during the State bifurcation in the past.

As per the terms of reference notified in the Gazette of India, the tribunal will allocate water on a project-wise basis for projects.

The progress of works on the drinking water component of the project has become the envy of parties that challenged the project in the courts of law and the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal.

The scheme was aimed at providing water for over 12.5 lakh acres and to fulfill drinking water needs of several villages, Hyderabad, and industries as well

The claims of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are still going on and the judgment is likely to take longer, hence the Centre has decided to extend the deadline of the tribunal

Out of the total share AP was permitted to avail, over 300 tmc of water was being diverted to meet its needs beyond the basin

In a letter addressed to the Chairman, KRMB, C Muralidhar, Engineer in Chief (Irrigation and CAD) sought immediate steps to stop diversion of Krishna water

While Telangana has been demanding sharing of Krishna water in the ratio of 50:50, Andhra Pradesh is demanding that its share be increased to 70 per cent

The State government has granted administrative sanction for the construction of two reservoirs in Wanaparthy district.

Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar on Tuesday wrote a letter to Tungabhadra Board informing it about the violation of KWDT award by Andhra Pradesh

Engineer-In-Chief stated that calculating water consumption by both the States, would enable them to know how much share of water was actually consumed by each of them and how much was left to be consumed.

Hyderabad: The TRS has demanded the Central Government to resolve the Telangana share in River Krishna water under section 3 of the River Water Dispute Act and also instruct Brijesh Kumar tribunal to resolve the issue at the earliest. Moving a resolution to this effect at the TRS plenary here on Wednesday, MLC K Srihari […]

C Muralidhar Rao, Engineer-in-Chief (General), Irrigation and Command Area Development wrote to the chairman of KRMB, bringing to his notice various concerns of the Telangana government.

Mahabubnagar: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud on Thursday accused the Andhra Pradesh government of creating unnecessary disputes over Krishna water sharing and wanted the government to withdraw such moves. “If Andhra Pradesh government wants to ensure peace and harmony among the two Telugu States, then it should suspend the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme works. Works […]