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Dismissing BRS leader, T Harish Rao's contention that the State government had already conceded the operational control of the NSP to the KRMB, Uttam Kumar Reddy called it a false assumption

The decision of the Ministry of Jal Shakti to hand over the operational control of the joint projects of the two Telugu states to the Krishna River Management Board is driven by a political agenda

The meeting was convened as a follow up to review “present situation” at the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. Half the dam was occupied by the forces deployed by AP on November 29

The board called for the KRMB meeting to discuss it's money woes.

The two river boards, that were set up under the AP State Reorganisation Act, 2014 have been seeking immediate release of funds due to them from both the beneficiary States

For the first time in its 10 years of existence, the KRMB executed its own orders releasing water to the NSP right main canal in response to Andhra Pradesh's water indent with the protection of the CRPF forces.

The Krishna River Management Board, left with a precarious balance sheet, is uncertain of paying salaries for its staff, while the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) is supporting its activities with reserve funds.

Not many are in favour of moving the Board headquarters to Visakhapatnam as proposed by the government of Andhra Pradesh

State irrigation officials said that information pertaining to the dam operations was furnished to the Chief Secretary well in advance.

The Centre is keen on discussing the whole gamut of issues involved in sharing of waters and strengthening of the conflict resolution mechanism.

In a letter addressed to the KRMB chairman, State Engineer-In-Chief C.Muralidhar said the Board could not initiate action so far despite the fact that the issue was brought to its notice through a series of letters

The three-member committee was called for taking stock of the water availability in the joint projects on Krishna and to review situation at the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam after handing over its security to the CRPF

Following the directives from the Centre, the CRPF assumed control of the security for the Nagarjuna Sagar dam on Sunday.

The Nagarjuna Sagar Project engineers and officials, who have been tasked with the project operations were threatened and prevented from discharging their duties by the APSP police for two days.

The union Minister for Jal Shakti had also made it clear at the second Apex council meeting that the inter-basin transfer of water can be considered only after fulfilling the in-basin needs by according its due priority.

It will be held on October 6 to discuss on the indents to be placed by the two states to meet their drinking water needs from October 23 to May 31, 2024.

Telangana has sought the intervention of the Krishna River Management Board to stop the lining works taken up by Andhra Pradesh on the Srisailam Right Main Canal

Engineer in Chief (General) Irrigation Department, C Muralidhar wanted KRMB to assess the drinking water needs by taking into consideration the water availability in the Krishna basin projects

KRMB has stirred up a hornet’s nest by dashing off a letter to the TSGENCO asking it to stop release of water from the Srisailam Left Bank canal

The Irrigation Department officials have been assessing the water requirement of Telangana till the end of September next