Telangana Must Secure Its Fair Share of Krishna Waters: CM Revanth Reddy

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed officials to effectively present the state's case before the Supreme Court to secure its rightful share of Krishna river waters. He instructed the legal team to submit all necessary evidence concerning the pending water-sharing disputes with Andhra Pradesh. With the case expected to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court after the 18th of this month, the Chief Minister held discussions with legal experts during a review meeting on the Irrigation Department at the MCR HRD Bodhi Pavilion. Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Irrigation Adviser Adityanath Das, CMO Secretary Manik Raj, Irrigation Department Secretary E. Sridhar, Joint Secretary K. Srinivas, Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy, Supreme Court senior advocate C.S. Vaidyanathan and senior irrigation officials attended the meeting.

The Chief Minister directed engineers to expedite the Dindi and Achampet lift irrigation projects and ensure that water is supplied from Edula to both schemes as planned. He asked officials to facilitate the transfer of 0.6 TMC of water from Narlapur to Edula and prepare a comprehensive Detailed Project Report (DPR), identifying where tunnels and canals would be required. Regarding the additional one-TMC works under the Kaleshwaram project, Revanth Reddy cautioned officials against taking hasty decisions and stressed the need to avoid repeating mistakes made by the previous government. He pointed out that the existing capacity to transfer two TMC of water was yet to be fully utilised. He instructed officials to first review the pending Supreme Court cases, complete land acquisition, obtain the necessary Central Water Commission approvals and prepare a detailed project report before proceeding further.