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BRS leader says Telangana silent on AP’s large water drawal
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister S. Niranjan Reddy has accused the Telangana government of being a mute spectator as Andhra Pradesh diverts huge volumes of water from the Srisailam…
The Story in Brief
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister S. Niranjan Reddy has accused the Telangana government of being a mute spectator as Andhra Pradesh diverts huge volumes of water from the Srisailam reservoir through the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator (PRP-HR). Speaking in Kurnool district, he claimed AP is drawing 4-5 tmc ft of water per day by gravity while Telangana manages only 0.2 tmc ft daily for the Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Scheme, even running all three pumps.
Reddy alleged that although AP officially records a drawal of 10,000 cusecs, the actual figure is around 50,000 cusecs. He noted that Telangana has advised farmers under Krishna projects to raise only irrigated-dry crops due to El Nino conditions, yet permits AP to continue heavy drawal. The Telangana government has maintained that the water belongs to Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian Opinion
Inter-state water disputes in India rarely escape politics. The BRS leader's charge that Telangana is soft on AP's drawal may be aimed at embarrassing the ruling Congress government, but the legal position, that AP has a right to its share under the Krishna tribunal award, cannot be ignored. What matters is the actual flow measured at PRP-HR, not political claims. Independent monitoring of the regulator's discharge data would settle whether AP is indeed taking more than its entitlement.
Source: thehindu.com
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