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Hyderabad: Despite obstacles from the Centre, the State government will continue work for the overall development of the irrigation sector, said Finance Minister T Harish Rao asserted here on Monday. Presenting the budget in the State Assembly, he said the State government allocated Rs.22,691.59 crore for the irrigation department. “The obstacles will not deter our […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) to submit six detailed project reports (DPRs) submitted by the former, to Central Water Commission (CWC) for according clearances without any further loss of time. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Engineer-in-Chief (General) Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) C Muralidhar recalled that […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a Sub-Committee with Irrigation and Command Area Development Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar as Chairman to study the draft rules and operation protocol prepared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) in respect of Priyadarshini Jurala Project, Srisailam Dam and Nagarjunasagar Dam. The committee will advise on the follow up action and […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday made a strong case for Telangana’s right to utilise water allocations provided by the Central Water Commission (CWC) to the State in Godavari River. The State government seeking to utilise an additional one TMC of Godavari water per day under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme was neither for […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to implement the provisions of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-I (KWDT-I) without any further delay from the current water year and there is absolutely no necessity to seek any opinion from any other. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Telangana Engineer-in-Chief (General), Irrigation […]
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Hyderabad: The Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) asked the Telangana and AP governments to issue directions to the officials concerned to submit DPRs of projects in the Godavari basin to it and the Central Water Commission (CWC) for appraisal and subsequent approval of the Apex Council. In a letter to the Telangana Special Chief Secretary, […]
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Hyderabad: The Ministry of Jal Shakti sought to justify its gazette notifications snatching away control of irrigation projects from Telangana on grounds that the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014 (APRA) provided for such a move. This step, the Ministry claimed, would reduce friction between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on water management. Jal Shakti Joint Secretary […]
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Water levels are likely to reach 'danger' and highest flood levels, the CWC said
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Integrated water resource management and policy regulatory mechanisms with differential entitlements and pricing will help
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The KRMB member Harikesh Meena wrote a letter to the Andhra Pradesh government on Monday following a complaint lodged by the Telangana Irrigation department Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar in this regard.
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KRMB told Telangana to stop the projects till they are appraised by it or the Central Water Commission (CWC) and sanctioned by the Apex Council
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Nizamabad: Central Water Commission (CWC) officials closed the 14 Babli project gates on Thursday in the presence of irrigation officials from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Supreme court had ordered that every year the Babli project gates should be lifted on July 1 and closed on October 29 to facilitate flow of Godavari water […]
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Incessant rains in catchment area bring huge inflows into major projects on Rivers Krishna and Godavari; officials lift gates to release water downstream
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The IMD has achieved significant improvement in track, landfall, intensity and adverse weather including heavy rainfall, strong wind and storm surge forecast.