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The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and erstwhile Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy emphasised the value of the State’s upcoming presumption earlier the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) and cautioned that Telangana’s request for 763 TMC of dependable Krishna h2o poses a superior menace to Andhra Pradesh’s long-standing h2o rights.
In a elaborate missive addressed to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu dated November 19 (released to the media connected Friday), helium cautioned that if the Tribunal accepts Telangana’s request, Andhra Pradesh would look terrible injustice, impacting irrigation, drinking h2o supply, and the wide h2o information of the State. The A.P. authorities has to contiguous beardown and broad last arguments to safeguard the State’s rightful share, helium said.
The erstwhile Chief Minister pointed retired that erstwhile the tribunal hearings are ongoing, the Telangana authorities brought G.O. MS No. 34, dated September 16, 2025, vide which the government’s intent of creating further offline and online reservoirs has go amply clear. The government, done the enforcement order, accorded support to instrumentality up DPR mentation with respect to schemes to augment existing and ongoing projects connected the Krishna stream successful Telangana.
Further, the aforesaid day, the Council of Ministers of the Karnataka authorities decided to supply clearance for the acquisition of 1,33,867 acres of onshore to facilitate an summation successful the Almatti dam tallness from 519.16 metres to 524.256 metres, helium said, adding, “I taxable that the insincere cognition of your authorities towards safeguarding the interests of the State is giving scope for the neighbouring States to initiate steps that volition effect successful adverse effect for our State.”
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy besides criticised the TDP’s humanities attack to the Rayalaseema projects, recalling that operation works to rise the Almatti dam tallness began during Mr. Naidu’s tenure arsenic the Chief Minister of agreed Andhra Pradesh successful 1996. Despite wide protests from governmental parties and farming communities, the TDP enactment allegedly failed to defy Karnataka’s move, which subsequently gained support from the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal, helium said.
The erstwhile Chief Minister further stated that the TDP authorities formed successful 2014 “relinquished the State’s rights” implicit the Krishna stream waters to Telangana, contributing to the existent crisis. With Mr. Naidu backmost arsenic Chief Minister, helium stressed that the work to support Andhra Pradesh’s h2o interests is present greater than ever.
Mr. Jagan urged the conjugation authorities to firmly support the 512 TMC nett allocation fixed by the Bachawat Tribunal, informing that adjacent a nonaccomplishment of 1 TMC would beryllium unacceptable and that the TDP authorities would beryllium held accountable. A.P. confronts a hard concern again, and determination is apprehension successful the minds of 1 and each that the interests of the State whitethorn erstwhile again beryllium compromised. “In this context, I impulse upon you to fundamentally enactment towards securing the owed stock of h2o for irrigation and drinking needs of the State and support the interests of the State,” helium added.
