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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 […]
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Hyderabad: Senior officials from Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) visited the Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) in Nalgonda district and Peddvaggu in Khammam district on Wednesday. The visit by the Board officials is being seen as a prelude to the Centre’s move to take over the irrigation projects on both […]
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Meanwhile, the Krishna River Board Management (KRMB) has once against deferred its inspection to Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS)
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Hyderabad: The Ministry of Jal Shakti sought to justify its gazette notifications snatching away control of irrigation projects from Telangana on grounds that the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014 (APRA) provided for such a move. This step, the Ministry claimed, would reduce friction between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on water management. Jal Shakti Joint Secretary […]
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The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) issued a gazette notification late on Thursday night that gave complete control of scores of projects in Telangana to KRMB and GRMB.