NWDA meeting on river interlinking on March 6
The National Water Development Agency (NWDA) would be holding a meeting of Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers on March 6 at Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: The National Water Development Agency (NWDA) would be holding a meeting of Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers on March 6 at Hyderabad.
NWDA director Bhupal Singh will discuss issues related to river connectivity with the secretaries of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kamataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other States.
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According to Irrigation officials, the NWDA during its last meeting had said the water required for connecting the Godavari-Krishna rivers would be taken from Sammakka Sagar Barrage or Ichampally. Several States including Telangana have requested that the Godavari-Cauvery Link Project should be taken up only after Mahanadi-Godavari linking project works were taken up.
Telangana would be taking up many issues related to river linking projects during the task force meeting, officials of the irrigation department said.
