TS protests visits of GRMB teams to project sites

Board asked not to look at projects that exclusively serve Telangana

Telangana government has made it clear to the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) reiterating that it does not see any reason or necessity for the board to take over the management of any other project serving Telangana exclusively other than Peddavagu project.

In a letter addressed to Chairman of the GRMB J. Chandrashekhar Iyer on Monday, Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation-General) of Telangana C. Muralidhar made Telangana’s stand clear on handing over the components of other than Peddavagu medium irrigation project stating that would not be prudent for participation in the preparatory handing over notes pending approval from the State government.

Drawing Mr. Iyer’s attention to the proceedings of the eleventh special meeting of the board held on September 1 this year and the minutes communicated to the ENC’s office on September 9, Mr. Muralidhar mentioned that Telangana had requested in that meeting implementation of the notification in a phased manner by taking over few projects initially to establish the implementation procedures and protocols.