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Telangana strongly opposed Andhra Pradesh’s proposal to divert Godavari waters from Polavaram to the Cauvery at a Delhi meeting chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil. Chief Engineer K. Prasad argued the plan violates the Reorganisation Act, Tribunal award, and interstate agreements, benefiting AP and Tamil Nadu disproportionately.

The Centre is likely to convene an Apex Council meeting on July 11 to address the disputed Godavari-Banakacherla Link Project. Andhra Pradesh remains firm despite EAC rejection, while Telangana opposes the project over water-sharing concerns and procedural violations.

The meeting is scheduled for June 24, 2025, at 11:30 AM at Jal Soudha. The Chairman of the Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) and the Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) will jointly preside over the meeting

The National Water Development Agency has ruled out the possibility of enhancing the water shares of States from the 148 TMC sought to be diverted by linking the Godavari and Pennar rivers and emphasised consensus approach to serve national interests.

This model aims to maximize financial gains from sediment management activities. On Wednesday, the government issued a GO stating that the initiative would align with the National Framework for Sediment Management Guidelines by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The state policy for desilting operations will focus on major and medium projects that have been losing storage capacity annually due to sedimentation.

The ongoing works have been at a standstill for the past 12 months. The project saw its first pumping facility inaugurated by then CM KCR on September 16 last year

Legislation provides guidelines for flood zoning authorities, surveys, delineation of floodplain areas, restrictions on floodplain use, provisions for compensation and removal of obstructions

Both the states had responded positively with an emphatic 'yes' on the issue of clearing the dues owed to the boards. But their assurances die not yield funds.

Even as it is feared that Telangana could stand to lose to a great extent, Tamil Nadu is expected to gain and the issue could potentially ignite a major conflict between the two States.

The AP Re-organization Act, 2014, mandates that the successor states -Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, provide necessary funds to KRMB for its functioning besides the staff salaries and allowances.

The Board officials made it clear that Telangana had already exhausted its allotted quota of 35 tmc for the current water year. In fact it had drawn more.

In a letter addressed to the Engineer- In- Chief Irrigation Department, the river board wanted the State to take up the issue with the DOWR for rescheduling the high-level meeting.

Telangana has 16,79,868 minor irrigation schemes comprising 94 per cent (15,79,249) Ground Water (GW) schemes and 6 per cent (1,00,619) Surface Water schemes

The survey would ascertain the extent of submergence areas in Telangana if the water in Polavaram was maintained at full and minimum reservoir levels from July to September.

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) has clarified that the State government’s flagship scheme Mission Bhagiratha was being honoured on the national level for the regularity of water supply. In a statement, the Ministry said no assessment of the Mission Bhagiratha scheme was specifically carried out by the department and that the scheme was […]

Special Chief Secretary Rajat Kumar urged Ministry of Jal Shakti to keep in abeyance all the clearances accorded to Upper Tunga and Upper Bhadra projects in Karnataka with immediate effect.

In a letter to Pankaj Kumar, he said the GRMB had stopped the process of according statutory clearances for additional one TMC works of Kaleshwaram project

Special Chief Secretary Rajat Kumar sought the intervention of Ministry of Jal Shakti Secretary Pankaj Kumar to address the State's concerns in right earnest.

Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) and Central Water Commission (CWC) to conduct a comprehensive backwater study through an independent competent agency at the earliest and take suitable protection measures in areas to be affected in Telangana territory due to backwaters and prevent large scale submergence. In a letter to […]

By J R Janumpalli The Ministry of Jal Shakti issued a gazette notification on July 15, which gives complete control of all projects in the basins of Godavari and Krishna in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB). The notification usurping all the rights […]