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Telangana leaders’ conflicting claims on Krishna water allocations—from 500 TMC to 904 TMC—have drawn sharp criticism from experts, opposition, and even ruling party circles. Experts warn such flip-flops may weaken the State’s case at the tribunal

Former MP B Vinod Kumar criticised CM Revanth Reddy for not opposing Karnataka’s move to raise the Almatti dam height despite a Supreme Court stay. He demanded immediate legal action, warning of severe losses to Telangana. BRS leader Soma Bharat Kumar defended KCR’s efforts and accused Congress of betraying Telangana’s water rights.

Ahead of the crucial KWDT-II hearing on September 23, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has asked the State irrigation team to demand 904 TMC of Krishna water, far above previous claims. Experts caution that while Telangana has a strong case for 575 TMC based on catchment and drought data, the inflated demand may weaken its position.

The National Water Development Agency (NWDA) will meet on August 22 to discuss the Godavari-Cauvery river linking project, which includes the controversial diversion of Godavari waters. The outcome of this meeting could have significant implications for Telangana's water rights and its relations with neighboring states.

The meeting convened by Union Ministry for Jal Shakti on Wednesday to discuss the gazette notification of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) award has been postponed

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Anil Kumar Goyal, a key witness for Andhra Pradesh, who was cross-examined by senior advocate V. Ravinder Rao representing Telangana before the Krishna Waters Disputes Tribunal on Friday,

While Telangana insisted on 954.9 tmc, AP pegged its requirement at 1144 tmc.

. Telangana has requested for 50 per cent share of the water sought to be diverted.

Even as Telangana has presented its statement of case, AP has sought time till June 10, 2024. The tribunal in fact, allowed both the states six weeks of time starting from November 22,2023 to file the Statements of case

Telangana once again requested the Krishna River Management Board to furnish required data for formulation of rule curves for Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar reservoirs at the earliest to examine and express views on the draft rule curves with basic inputs.

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 […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has informed the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) that Andhra Pradesh cannot demand for installation of telemetry at certain locations of the projects with small diversions from the Godavari to Krishna River as they won’t come under claiming of additional share as per Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT-I) and Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal […]

Hyderabad: Former Irrigation Minister P Lakshmaiah found fault with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for failing to raise Telangana’s concerns with the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal and safeguarding the State interests. The Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme works were being taken up since last one year but the Telangana government did not raise any objections. Addressing […]

Special Chief Secretary for Irrigation Rajat Kumar reiterated that the Telangana government had sought discussion on revision of the water sharing ratio of Krishna River for the current water year.

The tribunal cross examined Telangana expert witness Ghanshyam Jha on engineering aspects