The Telangana state government has urged the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to take a decision on sharing of Krishna River waters based on the legitimate requirement of the State before the onset of monsoon.
The decisions will be subject to pending settlement of the issue of fair and equitable sharing of Krishna River waters by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT).
Special Chief Secretary for Irrigation Rajat Kumar has written two letters to the Secretary for union Ministry of Jal Shakti seeking the Central government’s urgent intervention.
Telangana also requested the Centre to stop Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with unauthorised schemes to draw more water through Polavaram Irrigation Project (PIP).
The Special Chief Secretary pointed out that the issue of fair allocation of Krishna River water to Telangana State was the very basis of the Statehood movement.
Since 2015-16, Krishna water allocations were being made on a 66:34 ratio between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Even in 2021-22, Telangana agreed to continue with the arrangement subject to the condition that Andhra Pradesh will not divert more than 34 TMC from the Srisailam reservoir.
Further, the Central government was requested to intervene and direct AP to stop proceeding ahead with unauthorised schemes.
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