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Veligonda inauguration on Aug 31 reignites AP-TG Krishna water row
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the Veligonda project on August 31, three decades after it was first conceived. State Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu inspected the site on…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the Veligonda project on August 31, three decades after it was first conceived. State Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu inspected the site on Tuesday night and reviewed arrangements for the event, including the installation of regulator gates on the feeder canal.
Ahead of the inauguration, former Telangana Irrigation Minister and BRS leader T. Harish Rao alleged that 11 TMC of Krishna water has already been diverted from Srisailam through the Veligonda tunnel. He accused the Telangana Congress government of failing to protect the state's water interests and questioned the Krishna River Management Board's response. Rao also alleged that Andhra Pradesh was releasing water towards the Right Canal at Nagarjuna Sagar without KRMB approval and that a meeting to discuss AP's request for 47 TMC had been postponed.
The remarks have brought Veligonda into the broader political debate over Krishna water sharing between the two states.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II award of 2010 and the subsequent AP Reorganisation Act of 2014 allocated the river's waters between the two states, but operational sharing remains unresolved. The KRMB, set up under that Act, is meant to regulate releases but lacks enforcement power. Veligonda is designed to irrigate the drought-prone Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh by drawing from Srisailam, a reservoir on the common border. Telangana sees any diversion before a final KRMB order as a fait accompli that weakens its claim. The three-member committee meeting postponed by KRMB could have set a temporary sharing formula. The next signal to watch is whether KRMB convenes that meeting before or after the inauguration, and whether it directs Andhra to stop releases until a decision is taken.
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Source: telugu360.com
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