TS opposes A.P.’s water drawal from PRP without board’s consent
The Hindu
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Telangana government has opposed the commencement of water drawal from Srisailam reservoir by Andhra Pradesh to the systems based on Pothireddypadu Head Regulator and Handri-Neeva to take the Krishna water outside the basin without the consent of even the three-member committee of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB). In a letter addressed to the Chairman of KRMB on Wednesday, Engineer-in-Chief (General) of Telangana Irrigation Department C. Muralidhar pointed out that the A.P. has resorted to release of water from Pothireddypadu (PRP) and Handri-Neeva pump house at Malyal from July 25 itself as seen from the Reservoir Storage Monitoring System (RSMS) data on July 26. On the same day (July 26), the river board had communicated A.P.’s letter seeking its (board’s) permission to utilise water from Srisailam Right Bank power house to Telangana. However, Telangana has not received any requisition from KRMB for releases from PRP Head Regulator. “AP is conveniently trying to seek the board’s consent although it has already started diverting water from Srisailam,” Mr. Muralidhar said.More Related News