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HYDERABAD
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has written to his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis seeking a gathering to finalise the tallness and operation modalities of the projected Tummidihatti barrage nether the B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi Project.
With the Telangana authorities deciding to expedite the Pranahita–Chevella project, a bid of reappraisal meetings were precocious held with elder officials and irrigation experts. Based connected adept opinion, the authorities concluded that an FRL of 148 metres would not beryllium capable to conscionable the irrigation and drinking h2o requirements of northbound Telangana.
In his letter, Mr. Revanth Reddy requested Mr. Fadnavis to hole a convenient docket for talks with a Telangana delegation led by him to sermon the finalisation of the barrage height.
The Telangana authorities is proposing to conception the barrage crossed the Pranahita river, a tributary of the Godavari, astatine Tummidihatti colony successful Koutala mandal of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district, which shares a borderline with Maharashtra.
Initially, the barrage was projected astatine a tallness of 152 metres. However, during an Inter-State Board gathering held connected August 23, 2016, the Maharashtra authorities agreed to the operation of the barrage astatine a Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 148 metres and assured practice successful securing the required clearances.
Mr. Revanth Reddy stated successful the missive that caller discussions connected the tallness of the Tummidihatti barrage were indispensable to code the h2o needs of the erstwhile Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Medak districts.
The Chief Minister besides conveyed that the grade of submergence successful Maharashtra would stay minimal adjacent if the FRL marginally exceeded 148 metres. He asserted that expanding the FRL would facilitate the proviso of h2o to Telangana done gravity.
