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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, […]

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 […]

Water levels are likely to reach 'danger' and highest flood levels, the CWC said

Integrated water resource management and policy regulatory mechanisms with differential entitlements and pricing will help

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.

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

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 […]

Incessant rains in catchment area bring huge inflows into major projects on Rivers Krishna and Godavari; officials lift gates to release water downstream

The IMD has achieved significant improvement in track, landfall, intensity and adverse weather including heavy rainfall, strong wind and storm surge forecast.