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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

The meeting of the three member committee of the Krishna River Management Board was earlier scheduled for July 19

The State been staking claim for it in lieu of 80 TMC of Godavari water being diverted by AP to Krishna basin through the Pattiseema and Polavaram projects

Telangana has dashed off as many as 77 letters from January 2020 to May 2023 opposing the AP projects sans approval

RMC will monitor the reservoir levels for operation of power houses under the Srisailam project and the Nagarjuna Sagar project

Both the Telugu States, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, were at loggerheads on the issue at the last meeting of the River management board held on May 10

Telangana State is demanding 50:50 sharing ratio at 75 per cent dependability for the working projects in the state

Nine years since the division of the State, the Board continued to function much to the convenience of the riparian States from the Jala Soudha office in Hyderabad

The Engineer –in- Chief (General), Irrigation and CAD, C Muralidhar also requested KRMB to address the issue to Environment Impact Assessment Authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forests to keep in abeyance the environment clearance granted to the scheme

The telemetry systems are expected to help provide real time data of the inflows and outflows, especially the drawals being made by the riparian States