Secure Telangana’s River Water Interests, Revanth Tells Officials
Tells them not to be hasty like BRS on KLIS
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed officials to make a strong and effective presentation before the Supreme Court to secure Telangana’s rightful share of Krishna river waters and submit all necessary evidence relating to disputes with Andhra Pradesh.
With the case expected to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court after November 18, the Chief Minister discussed the legal strategy with legal experts and senior officials.
Revanth Reddy held a review meeting on the irrigation department at MCRHRDI, attended by irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, irrigation adviser Adityanath Das, CMO secretary K Manicka Raj, irrigation Secretary E. Sridhar, Joint Secretary K. Srinivas, Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy, senior Supreme Court counsel C.S. Vaidyanathan and senior irrigation officials.
The Chief Minister directed engineers to expedite the works on the Dindi and Achampet lift irrigation schemes and ensure supply of water from Edula to the two schemes as already decided. He asked officials to ensure there were no bottlenecks in conveying 0.6 TMC of water required for the two schemes from Narlapur to Edula.
He directed officials to identify the stretches where tunnels and canals would be required and prepare a comprehensive Detailed Project Report (DPR), followed by commencement of works accordingly.
On the proposed additional one TMC ft works under the Kaleshwaram project, Revanth Reddy cautioned officials against taking hasty decisions and asked them to ensure that mistakes committed by the previous BRS government were not repeated. He said the authorities should act responsibly as the state was currently unable to utilise even the existing two TMC capacity for water conveyance.
The Chief Minister directed officials to first assess the progress of cases pending before the Supreme Court before taking up land acquisition for the additional works. He also asked them to obtain all necessary clearances from the Central Water Commission and prepare a comprehensive DPR before proceeding further.