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
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
Telangana has been demanding water sharing at 50:50 ratio by scrapping the ad hoc arrangement that allowed 66 per cent of assured water to Andhra as against 34 per cent to Telangana
Representatives of Telangana will press for allocation of water on a 50:50 ratio till the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal makes project-wise allocation of water
Despite serious objections being raised to the present pattern of sharing on 66:34 ratio between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the issue could not be addressed so far
In a letter addressed to the Chairman, KRMB, C Muralidhar, Engineer in Chief (Irrigation and CAD) sought immediate steps to stop diversion of Krishna water
KRMB had recently written a letter to both the governments to immediately stop power generation as the water level at the reservoir was depleting at a very fast pace
Andhra Pradesh drew 52.692 tmc of water extra over and above the 132 tmc share fixed by the Krishna River Management Board, said NSP Executive Engineer Mallikarjun
While Telangana has been demanding sharing of Krishna water in the ratio of 50:50, Andhra Pradesh is demanding that its share be increased to 70 per cent
Engineer-In-Chief stated that calculating water consumption by both the States, would enable them to know how much share of water was actually consumed by each of them and how much was left to be consumed.
Telangana Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar has written to the Board asking it to stop the AP government from taking up works on the two projects.
The State government was 'highly disappointed' as despite raising the issue during several meetings of the KRMB, the board was continuing to retain the water sharing in the ratio of 66:34 for the last seven years.
Rajat Kumar on Monday wrote to the KRMB chairman, pointing out that the draft recommendations was being publicized and reported in the media as an agreement between AP and Telangana.
