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The PC Ghose Commission’s report asserts that barrages should only divert water and recommends low storage capacities. It questioned the high storage of Medigadda and highlighted issues related to its design

Telangana is awaiting the Centre’s response to hold an apex council meeting on interstate water disputes. Andhra Pradesh faces legal and environmental objections to its Polavaram-Banakacharla project, even as it prepares a revised WAPCOS report using 15 years of Godavari flood data

The Centre is likely to convene an Apex Council meeting on July 11 to address the disputed Godavari-Banakacherla Link Project. Andhra Pradesh remains firm despite EAC rejection, while Telangana opposes the project over water-sharing concerns and procedural violations.

All 14 gates of Babli Barrage were opened to release Godavari water to SRSP in line with the Supreme Court’s directive. The release, supervised by Telangana, Maharashtra and CWC, supports irrigation and drinking water supply till October 2025.

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project transformed Telangana’s landscape and drew global acclaim for lifting Godavari water across 18 lakh acres. Lauded by National Geographic and ASCE, KLIP became a global model of engineering despite facing operational and structural challenges

Accuses him of compromising Telangana’s water rights; warns that such actions weaken the State’s case; criticises Centre for unequal treatment in irrigation project approvals

The Guwahati-Dullabcherra- Guwahati train will be short terminated/short originated at/from Baraigram and remained cancelled between Baraigram and Dullabcherra till Tuesday.

The meeting is scheduled for June 24, 2025, at 11:30 AM at Jal Soudha. The Chairman of the Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) and the Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) will jointly preside over the meeting

The slow-paced approach to the rehabilitation of the project has ignited fresh concerns among farmers

Says Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BJP-led Centre facilitating Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to hatch dangerous conspiracy to divert 200 TMC of Godavari river water to Andhra Pradesh through Banakacharla project

Telangana had formally requested the postponement, citing a crucial meeting on April 24 of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), led by Union Jal Shakti Secretary Debashree Mukherjee, which is set to review the Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme and the Seetamma Sagar multipurpose project

Citing ongoing disputes between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the use of Krishna river water, Central Water Resources Department says it is not feasible to consider project's techno-economic report at this time. Consequently, proposals sent back to Telangana government

Proposed project aims at diverting 2 TMC of water from Godavari river at Polavaram project

Telangana has already made it clear that it will no longer agree to the 34:66 per cent water sharing ratio with Andhra Pradesh. Instead, the State is insisting on a 50:50 share of the Krishna river water between the two States

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday directed the Irrigation officials to submit the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) pertaining to irrigation projects proposed on Godavari River to the Central Water Commission (CWC) immediately and obtain necessary permissions to take up the works. He asserted that the DPR on Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahitha Project should […]

Hyderabad: Of the 227 large dams in the country which are 100 years old, 18 are in Telangana, according to the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Fifty-eight dams, which are more than 50 years old in Telangana, were among the 1,175 dams in the country. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Jal […]

Kothagudem: Four gates of Taliperu reservoir at Cherla in Kothagudem district were lifted to discharge 5087 cusecs of excess water downstream on Wednesday. Though the district remained dry on Wednesday, the project received inflows due to rains in its upper catchment and there has been an inflow of 5542 cusecs into the reservoir, officials said. […]

Says there is no necessity to seek any opinion from any other

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has asked the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department (WRD) Engineer-in-Chief not to carry out further construction of the right main canal until a Detailed Project Report (DPR) was appraised by it and Central Water Commission (CWC) and sanctioned by the Apex Council. to stop In a letter to […]

The Krishna River Management Board has instructed the Andhra Pradesh government not to take up the construction of the proposed Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme till a Detailed Project Report is submitted and appraised by the board and Central Water Commission.