
TS urges GRMB not to seek comments of A.P. on 2 dispute-free projects
The Hindu
Telangana government has requested the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) not to refer the detailed project reports (DPRs) of a lift irrigation project and a barrage — Chowtpally Hanumantha Reddy
Telangana government has requested the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) not to refer the detailed project reports (DPRs) of a lift irrigation project and a barrage — Chowtpally Hanumantha Reddy and Chanakha-Korata (Rudha) — submitted by it for appraisal with expeditious processing to Andhra Pradesh, stating that they were planned with allocated water during combined State.
In a letter addressed to Chairman of GRMB J. Chandrashekhar Iyer, Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) of Telangana Rajat Kumar said on Tuesday that the projects were planned well within the water allocated to Telangana and no inter-State issues were involved. The CHR lift scheme was taken up, executed and commissioned in combined AP and was in operation for the last six years.
Similarly, Chanakha-Korata barrage was an approved project as per GRMB notification of July 15 this year and was taken up as per an agreement between combined A.P. and Maharashtra. Subsequently, Telangana has also signed a pact with Maharashtra.

On November 30, a team of officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Water Resources Department (WRD) and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) conducted a joint inspection of a rainwater vent below the Chennai Bypass Road in Thiruneermalai. This marks the second time NHAI and WRD have carried out an inspection following a request being made by residents. They want NHAI to widen the vent located below the Bypass Road to facilitate rainwater drainage from ‘Nattukalvai’. The office bearers of the Federation of Welfare Associations accompanied the officials.












