A.P. alleges illegal drawal of Krishna water by TS
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Cabinet resolves to take up the difficulty with Prime Minister; If obligatory, we’ll retaliate to guard our pursuits: Minister
The State Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to lodge a grievance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards what it referred to as illegal drawal of Krishna water by Telangana from Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar (NSP) for energy technology.
The Cabinet additionally determined to take its respectable claims on the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme to the Union authorities’s discover.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will likely be writing a letter to Mr. Modi, elevating a robust objection to the alleged violation of norms by Telangana in utilising the river water by a slew of tasks, some of which had no clearances, mentioned Water Resources Minister P. Anil Kumar Yadav, who said that the federal government was ready to “retaliate” if the state of affairs warranted.
Briefing mediapersons on the choices taken by the Cabinet in its assembly, together with Perni Venkataramaiah, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Mr. Anil Kumar mentioned Andhra Pradesh was developing tasks to the extent permitted by water allocations made to it by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, whose awards had been equally binding on Telangana.
He mentioned Mr. Jagan didn’t need to precipitate a disaster because it was a delicate subject that must be sorted out amicably, and hoped that the Centre would intervene, lest the 2 States ought to quarrel with one another to the detriment of farmers on each side.
The Telangana authorities ordered that energy be generated at full capacities in Srisailam, NSP and Pulichintala tasks in blatant disregard of the established protocol which mentioned that irrigation calls for must be met earlier than the water is drawn for energy technology. Contrary to this, Telangana began impounding water on Tuesday evening in spite of objections already raised by the Andhra Pradesh authorities.
“Mr. Jagan is going to immediately write letters to Mr. Modi and also the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, requesting them to reduce the water wasted by Telangana in the process of power generation, from its quota of 299 tmcft”, Mr. Anil Kumar mentioned, suggesting to Telangana Ministers and others who dragged the previous Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy into the controversy, to not construe the AP authorities’s restraint as its weak spot.
Mr. Anil Kumar identified that Mr. Jagan was so open in regards to the want for peaceable settlement of the Krishna river water disputes that he supplied to put all tasks within the State below the purview of KRMB and wished Telangana to do the identical.
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