Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 1 (ANI): Amid the Telangana Government’s objection to the Banakacherla mission, Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh claimed that the reservoir mission will profit the Telugu neighborhood and sought their assist.
He mentioned that the TDP authorities in 2014-19 by no means objected to the development of the upstream Kaleswaram mission on Godavari, when the Telangana authorities began work with out central approval.
‘The Telugu Desam Party stands for the rights of Telugu folks in all places. The TDP Government in 2014-19 by no means objected to the development of the upstream Kaleswaram mission on Godavari, when the Telangana Government began work with out central approval,’ Lokesh mentioned in a put up on X.
‘We did not write a single letter towards it as a result of the Telugu neighborhood would profit from this mission. The Banakacherla mission makes use of solely a small portion of the surplus floodwaters of Godavari water draining into the ocean annually. This mission will profit the Telugu neighborhood, and everybody ought to assist it,’ he mentioned.
The Godavari-Banakacherla Link scheme is a significant mission proposed by the Andhra Pradesh Government at an estimated price of Rs 80,112 crore.
The plan entails diverting 200 TMC of water from the Godavari River at Polavaram to Rayalaseema by the Bollapalli reservoir and Banakacherla head regulator. The proposal seeks to interlink the Godavari, Krishna, and Penna rivers.
The mission, which types half of a bigger river interlinking plan, has drawn sharp criticism from Telangana, citing its potential impression on interstate water-sharing preparations.
On July 28, the Centre instructed Parliament that no development had began but on the Banakacherla-Polavaram mission. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary mentioned the Andhra Pradesh authorities had submitted solely a Preliminary Feasibility Report (PFR) for the mission.
In July, Telangana Labour Minister G Vivek Venkatswamy accused the earlier Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) authorities of ‘neglecting’ the state’s pursuits within the proposed Banakacherla mission.
‘On the problem of Banakacherla water or some other challenge. These are all errors made by the TRS authorities. It was throughout their time that the TRS authorities inspired the Andhra authorities, then led by Jagan Mohan Reddy, to divert water from the Godavari, moderately than making an attempt to guard using Godavari water in Telangana… They have uncared for the pursuits of Telangana,’ Venkatswamy had mentioned. (ANI)