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Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has asked Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to furnish the salient features and parameters to be incorporated in its website to upload the daily discharge of operational projects in the Gazette Notification of India issued in July 2021. In a letter to Telangana Irrigation and CAD Department, Engineer-in-Chief and […]

Nalgonda: A 12-member team of Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) on Tuesday inspected Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) and inquired with the engineers about the management of the dam. The KRMB team comprises BRK Pillai, Shivarajan, Anupam Prasad, Manathang, Koteshwar Rao, DS Prasad, Sridhar, Ashok Kumar, Raghunadhan Rao, Srinath, Ramesh Babu and Srinivas Reddy also examined […]

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has again requested the State governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to furnish details of Jurala, Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala projects for performing functions as notified in the Gazette issued in July to take control over the projects. In a letter to Engineer-in-Chief (General) of Telangana Irrigation […]

Hyderabad: Coming down heavily on the BJP government, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the Centre had not extended any support to Telangana and failed to deliver the benefits assured in the AP Reorganisation Act. Tribal University, Bayyaram Steel Factory, Kazipet Coach Factory and many other projects were assured to Telangana, but not one was […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Assistant Engineers’ Association has urged the State government not to issue orders to transfer hydel power generation stations, its offices and staff to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB). As per gazette notification issued by the Central government a few months ago, the KRMB will take control of administration, operation, maintenance and […]

Alleges AP govt of obstructing Karnataka officials from undertaking modernisation works

Hyderabad: An expert committee constituted by the State government to study the proposals of Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) unanimously felt that the entire methodology considered in developing the rule curves was erroneous as it does not comply with the provisions of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-I (KWDT-I) (Bachawat) Award. The committee, which met on Wednesday, […]

Amaravati: After coming forward to hand over four components (projects) on river Krishna to the Krishna River Management Board, subject to neighbouring Telangana doing the same, the Andhra Pradesh government issued another order concurring to hand over two powerhouses to the Board. Energy Secretary Srikant Nagulapalli issued an order late on Thursday night on the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has categorically informed the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) that the Board cannot object to hydel power generation at Srisailam on grounds that it affects the water requirements of Andhra Pradesh outside Krishna Basin. The State also sought certain modifications to the summary record of discussions in the 14th meeting of the KRMB. […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has said it was utilising its allocated share of water in River Krishna ever year judiciously and conservatively and carrying over the rightful part of water out of its equitable share to the next water year to meet the drinking water requirements and also to meet the delayed inflows in the […]

Hyderabad: The Chairpersons of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) will attend an emergency meeting to be convened by the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) on Monday in New Delhi to discuss pending water issues pertaining to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Krishna River basin. KRMB and GRMB Chairpersons […]

Board urged to action against AP for diverting water through Pothireddypadu Head Regulator

Hyderabad: The photographs in the inspection reports submitted by the Krishna River Management Board and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) clearly indicate that Andhra Pradesh was committing violations with respect to the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS). This was brought to the notice of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by the advocate […]

Hyderabad: Former Minister Nagam Janardhan Reddy found fault with the State government for failing to raise the issue of unauthorised projects being taken up by the Andhra Pradesh Government during the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) meeting held recently. “Despite several appeals to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, he had not approached Supreme Court over […]

Hyderabad: The State government has urged the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Andhra Pradesh from drawing any water to Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanti (HNSS) project till Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) finalizes the share of water. It also requested the KRMB to stop all construction activity taken up in violation of Andhra Pradesh […]

Hyderabad: The State government has requested the Ministry of Jal Shakthi (MoJS) to verify whether the unapproved Veligonda project was eligible for funding under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme PMKSY-AIBP. In a letter to the Commissioner, State Projects Wing, Ministry of Jal Shakthi, Telangana Irrigation department Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar said […]

Hyderabad: The 14th meeting of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has been postponed to September 1 and will be held at Jalasoudha at 11 am. The meeting, earlier scheduled to be held on August 27, will discuss an agenda comprising 14 issues, including gazette notification issued by the Central government as well as issues […]

Hyderabad: The State government has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to implement the provisions of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-I (KWDT-I) without any further delay from the current water year and there is absolutely no necessity to seek any opinion from any other. In a letter to the Board Chairman, Telangana Engineer-in-Chief (General), Irrigation […]

Hyderabad:  The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) will conduct its meeting on August 27 to discuss various key issues including sharing of river water with officials from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the current water year. Telangana has already requested the board to conduct a full board meeting. It said the matter related to notification […]

Three-member team of the Krishna River Management Board opined that works taken up by Andhra Pradesh at the RLIS site were in excess than needed