TS objects to AP’s stand

‘TS has not objected to AP-native CWC official visiting LI schemes here’

Telangana has registered its protest with the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and objected to the attitude of Andhra Pradesh over the inclusion of a Telangana-native Central Water Commission (CWC) engineer in the board’s team to visit the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) worksite to find violation, if any, of the NGT’s earlier order. In a letter addressed to Chairman of the KRMB M. P. Singh on Thursday, Engineer-in-Chief (General) of Irrigation C. Muralidhar faulted AP on filing a petition before the National Green Tribunal stating that the composition of the visiting team including Devendra Rao, a native of Telangana, was not in consonance with the orders of the gazette issued on July 15 notifying the purview of the river board. According to the July 15 notification, no official/engineer from either Telangana or AP is to be part of the river board as Members (from board’s side). AP has contended in NGT that the same would apply to any inspection team too.