Hyderabad (Telangana) September 20 (ANI): Telangana Jagruthi chief Ok Kavitha has strongly opposed the Karnataka Government’s reported resolution to extend the peak of the Almatti Dam by 5 metres, warning that the transfer would severely influence Telangana’s share of Krishna river water and urged CM Revanth Reddy to method the Supreme Court to get a keep.
Addressing the media on Friday, Kavitha stated the proposed elevation of the dam poses a grave risk to Telangana’s irrigation wants.
‘Karnataka Government has determined to extend the peak of Almatti Dam by 5 metres, which goes to be very unlucky growth once we give it some thought from Telangana’s perspective. Because as it’s, Krishna River water doesn’t Telangana’s fields till August in any given yr. If this dam and its peak is elevated by 5 metres, Krishna river won’t ever attain Telangana,’ she stated.
Kavitha alleged that Karnataka’s transfer violates an current Supreme Court keep order on the matter.
‘This is a growth that has already been stayed within the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, Karnataka Government is violating that Supreme Court keep and is taking this resolution. So, I demand that the Telangana Government and CM Revanth Reddy instantly apporach Supreme Court, get some reduction and cease this exercise,’ she added additional.
Meanwhile, Telangana Congress chief Sama Ram Mohan Reddy launched a scathing assault on BRS working president KT Rama Rao over his latest assertion on the Almatti Dam, accusing him of selective amnesia and betraying the state’s pursuits.
Labelling KTR as ‘Ghajini,’ Reddy alleged that it was KTR’s father, former Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao, who compromised Telangana’s water rights.
‘It is reconfirmed that KTR shouldn’t be a pacesetter however Ghajini as a result of he forgot the previous, that it’s none aside from his father who disadvantaged the state, who cheated the folks of Telangana, particularly the farmers of South Telangana. When the slogan was to struggle for the rightful share in Krishna and Godavari waters, after you folks got here to energy, it was none aside from your father who signed for 299 TMC whereas our rightful share and our struggle and our slogan was for greater than 500 TMC in Krishna river,’ he stated.
He additional added, ‘Wasn’t it your father who signed for 299 TMC of June 21, 2016, earlier than the then Jal Shakti Minister Uma Bharti? Who gave such authority? Because you and your loved ones have been benefitted by taking such choices, by ceding Telangana’s rights to Andhra Pradesh…After we got here to energy, we’re preventing for our rights earlier than the Supreme Court. You are the one who cheated Telangana..’
Earlier on Friday, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao got here down closely on the Congress-led Karnataka authorities for deciding to boost the Almatti Dam peak, calling it a ‘dying warrant’ for Telangana farmers.
He slammed Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for ‘luxuriating in Delhi’ whereas a harmful conspiracy was being hatched towards Telangana’s farmers.
KTR identified that the Karnataka cupboard, three days in the past, determined to boost Almatti’s peak from 519 toes to 524 toes. He alleged that this was not merely for a further 100 TMC of water, however a part of a conspiracy to deprive Telangana of its rightful share of Krishna waters and switch erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, and Ranga Reddy districts into deserts. (ANI)