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Following the Andhra Pradesh government’s absorption to Karnataka’s connection to rise the tallness of the Almatti dam from the contiguous 519.6 metres to 524.26 metres — to facilitate completion of the 3rd signifier of the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) — Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who besides holds the Water Resources portfolio, connected Tuesday urged each members of Parliament from Karnataka to exert unit connected the Union authorities to assistance indispensable approvals and contented a Gazette notification permitting the State to proceed with the work.
In a missive to the Secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Andhra Pradesh authorities requested the Centre not to contented immoderate notification successful favour of Karnataka for raising the dam height, citing that the substance is inactive nether information earlier the Supreme Court.
A.P. and Maharashtra
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Shivakumar said that some Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra governments person raised objections to Karnataka’s move. With the Parliament league scheduled to commence connected March 10, helium appealed to the State’s MPs to unit the Narendra Modi authorities to expedite the Gazette notification enabling the task to determination forward.
The Deputy Chief Minister said Karnataka has already spent ₹20,000 crore connected the project, and the State Cabinet has approved the acquisition of 1.33 lakh acres of land, with an estimated expenditure of ₹70,000 crore to beryllium implemented successful 3 phases.
“Being an experienced politician, I did not expect Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to stoop to this level to stall a task that would summation the h2o retention capableness from 177 tmcft to 330 tmcft,” Mr. Shivakumar remarked.
At Navali
He besides stated that Andhra Pradesh is opposing Karnataka’s projected operation of a balancing reservoir astatine Navali, intended to code the siltation occupation astatine the Tungabhadra reservoir and to utilise 30 tmcft of Tungabhadra water. Mr. Shivakumar added that Mr. Naidu has not been attending meetings convened to sermon the issue.
Mr. Shivakumar said helium would spell to Delhi during the State Budget league and apprise MPs and the Jal Shakti Ministry to question support for the UKP-III signifier project.
