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In addition to the regular maintenance works, the NDSA team that visited the project some time ago, had also identified certain shortcomings in the maintenance.
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The KRMB wanted the State to release the required quantum of water to Andhra Pradesh from March 7
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In a letter addressed to the State Engineer-in-Chief (irrigation), KRMB made it clear that no decision can be taken by it as no consensus was arrived on the issue
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The State government was supplying adequate power to meet the energy demand and no official power cuts would be imposed by the government, said Revanth Reddy
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The KRMB also rejected its plea to consider 18.70 tmc of water (saved by the State from its previous water year share) as carryover part of water in the Nagarajuna Sagar Project
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BRS launched a determined onslaught against the Congress government for its failure to safeguard State's jurisdiction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project and nine of the 15 outlets of joint projects in Krishna basin that were under its control so far
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Telangana Assembly passed a unanimous resolution resolving that common projects would not be handed over to Krishna River Management Board unless the conditions put forth by the State government were fulfilled
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The Congress-led UPA government too had done injustice to people of Telangana by not considering the rightful share of the State in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014, BJP member Maheshwar Reddy said
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Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy charged that after Telangana formation sufficient attention was not given to the requirements of the Krishna basin
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Describing Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy as lacking in-depth understanding, senior BRS leader G Jagadish Reddy asserted on Saturday that the shortcomings of the Congress government in safeguarding the State's interests would be unveiled by BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao during the upcoming public gathering in Nalgonda on February 13th.
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Both Krishna and Godavari Rivers face this peculiar situation to be managed by the respective River management boards. However, this problem is acute in case of Krishna River as one flank each of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects fall in each state.
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Telangana government asked C Muralidhar, Engineer-in-Chief (General) to resign while another senior engineering official of the same rank, N Venkateswarlu, who was in-charge of the implementation of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was removed from service
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BJP government at the Centre was trying to benefit from the Krishna River water issue between Andhra and Telangana, said Tammineni
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The BRS government had also protected the rights of Telangana over the Krishna river projects, all the while resisting pressure from the Centre.
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Having come to power, now they need to take a legitimate stand on the issue to serve the interests of the State in the long run, BRS leader V Prakash Rao said
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Harish Rao, who condemned the foul language used by Revanth Reddy in Sunday’s press conference, said the Chief Minister’s arguments were baseless as he had hardly any knowledge of the underlying facts
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The meeting strongly condemned the Congress government's decision to hand over projects including the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam to the Krishna River Management Board
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Challenging Chandrashekhar Rao to a debate on the handing over of the irrigation projects during the forthcoming Assembly session, Revanth Reddy said a white paper would be released on the irrigation sector.
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On Friday, Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja and Engineer-in-Chief (General) C Muralidhar emphasized that no decision has been made regarding transferring operational control of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and Srisailam project to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)
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On Friday, members of Parliament from the BRS expressed vehement objection to the Ministry of Jal Shakti's decision to transfer jurisdiction and management of joint projects in the Krishna basin to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)