Water supply to Chennai: KRMB constitutes technical committee
The Hindu
It will comprise of engineers from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
The Krishna River Management Board, at a virtual meeting organised on Thursday, decided to constitute a technical committee, comprising engineers from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, to sort out matters pertaining to supplying drinking water to Chennai.
While Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had agreed to release 5 tmcft of water, Karnataka and Maharashtra were yet to give clarity on releasing their share of 10 tmcft.
As per the Bachawat Award, Chennai is entitled to receive 15 tmcft of water. Of this, 10 tmcft has to be released by Maharashtra and Karnataka. As they have not been releasing their share, Chennai has been receiving only about three to four tmcft of water through the Telugu Ganga Project.
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