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Telangana urges KRMB to include its views before fifth RMC meeting
During the fourth RMC meeting, Telangana stated that it would come back on issues after getting instructions from the State government. However, the draft report communicated by KRMB member was bereft of views of Telangana.
Hyderabad: Telangana urged the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to revise the draft report and recommendations on various issues pertaining to projects on Krishna basin after incorporating its views before convening the fifth River Management Committee (RMC) meeting for fine tuning and signing the report.
“It is not clear as to why our views are not being considered at all by the KRMB. Without inclusion of our views in the draft report no purpose will be served in attending the meeting,” said Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) Engineer-in-Chief (General) C. Muralidhar, in a letter to the Board member and RMC convener.
During the fourth RMC meeting, Telangana stated that it would come back on issues after getting instructions from the State government. However, the draft report communicated by KRMB member was bereft of views of Telangana.
Under these circumstances, Telangana has requested to include the following views in the draft report and recommendations. On sharing of power generation at Srisailam, Telangana wanted the ratio to be in 76:24 (TS AP) that is in the ratio of in-basin requirements of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) to be released from Srisailam for power generation as Telangana irrigation is dependent mostly on lift schemes requiring large quantity of economical, clean and green power.
During floods, both States can generate power to their full capacity without any limitation.
Referring to rule curves to provide 72 TMC from NSP to KDS, Telangana said as per Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT-I) and Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT), no water should be released from NSP to KDS requirements.
Not more than 34 TMC should be diverted from Srisailam reservoir to outside Krishna basin by AP. However, water levels at Srisailam reservoir need not be built up only for that purpose. Telangana addressed to KRMB to obtain and furnish all the information relating to alleged clearance of Pothireddypadu Head Regulator and Srisailam Right Main Canal (SRMC), without any regard to 1976 and 1977 agreements.
Telangana requested to make adhoc water sharing arrangement as 50:50 (AP:TS), to consider to clear all the ongoing projects of Telangana – Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC), Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme as more than 582 TMC are available at Srisailam at 75 per cent dependability, being inside basin needs.
Telangana proposed to examine this issue in case AP agrees to make good to the extent of excess drawals made by it during spills, from Srisailam and NSP storages after floods to Telangana.