New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Union Jal Shakti Minister, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu will likely be attending a gathering on water points being facilitated by the Centre on Wednesday.
The assembly is initiated by the Union Jal Shakti Minister, C R Patil.
The assembly, scheduled for two.30 pm, holds significance in opposition to the backdrop of renewed tensions between the 2 states over water sharing, significantly following Andhra Pradesh’s announcement of the Polavaram-Banakacherla undertaking..
Both the Chief Ministers have beforehand expressed their willingness to resolve the difficulty by dialogue.
Earlier on Wednesday, Telangana Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy stated the Congress authorities in Telangana would stick with its authorized, technical, and administrative battle to reclaim the state’s rightful share of Krishna river waters.
He accused the earlier BRS regime of betraying Telangana’s long-term pursuits by compromising with Andhra Pradesh, permitting large-scale water diversion, engineering failures, and monetary mismanagement.
According to a press release, the Minister delivered two detailed PowerPoint shows at Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan – one on the unlawful diversion of Krishna River waters to Andhra Pradesh and the opposite on the disastrous penalties of relocating the initially sanctioned Dr B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi (PCSS) undertaking to Medigadda underneath the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.
The first presentation highlighted how the BRS regime, throughout its 10-year rule from 2014 to 2023, failed to guard Telangana’s entitlement to Krishna waters and even facilitated unlawful infrastructure improvement by Andhra Pradesh to divert water from the Srisailam reservoir. Uttam Kumar Reddy stated Andhra Pradesh’s diversion of Krishna water to outside-basin areas surged from 245.3 TMC between 2004-05 and 2014 to 1,192.44 TMC between 2014-15 and 2023-24, as a result of growth of the Muchumarri Lift Irrigation Scheme and the creation of the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS).
‘These tasks enhanced AP’s drawal capability from the Srisailam reservoir to 11 TMC per day.’ He identified that these works had been undertaken with out Central Water Commission (CWC) clearance or Apex Council approval, in clear violation of the AP Reorganisation Act. Despite being absolutely conscious, the BRS authorities failed to lift objections with the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) or the Union Jal Shakti Ministry, thus compromising Telangana’s rightful share.
He said that the earlier Telangana authorities accepted unjust water-sharing ratios, initially agreeing to a 299:512 TMC method in 2015 and later to a 34:66 ratio in 2017-18, which remained in impact till 2020. He alleged that the BRS authorities even wrote to KRMB stating that the 34:66 method ought to proceed ‘since no different foundation exists’.
He referred to a letter written by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to the Union Jal Shakti Minister on March 3, 2025, demanding a reversal of the unfair ratio and reinforcing Telangana’s demand for a 71% share – 575 TMC out of the 811 TMC initially allotted to undivided Andhra Pradesh, primarily based on basin parameters like catchment space, inhabitants, drought-prone space, and cultivable land. Final arguments underneath Section 3 of the ISRWD Act, 1956, are underway earlier than the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II), and the Congress authorities has determined to again its claims with sturdy technical and authorized proof. (ANI)