Ahead of the crucial KWDT-II hearing on September 23, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has asked the State irrigation team to demand 904 TMC of Krishna water, far above previous claims. Experts caution that while Telangana has a strong case for 575 TMC based on catchment and drought data, the inflated demand may weaken its position.
Senior Counsel for Telangana, CS Vaidyanathan emphasized that Telangana was only seeking fair and equitable apportionment of Krishna waters between the two States and assured that AP would not be deprived of its rightful share
Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar on Tuesday wrote a letter to Tungabhadra Board informing it about the violation of KWDT award by Andhra Pradesh
The hearing on the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh challenging the KWDT judgement in the Supreme Court has been posted for December 6.
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday urged the union Ministry of Jal Shakti to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to take a decision on sharing of Krishna River waters based on the legitimate requirement of the State before the onset of monsoon. The decisions will be subject to pending settlement of the issue of […]
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu said the Centre cannot settle water disputes through negotiations when any request under Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act-1956 was received from a State government. The Centre, under the Act, within a period not exceeding one year from the date of receipt of such request, […]
Hyderabad: The proceedings before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) will resume for hearing from February 8 to 11, 2022. In its order, the KWDT said the decision to resume proceedings in February was taken following a joint request of the counsels for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, CS Vaidyanathan and R Venkataramani respectively. Since the […]
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, […]
Special Chief Secretary for Irrigation Rajat Kumar reiterated that the Telangana government had sought discussion on revision of the water sharing ratio of Krishna River for the current water year.
