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HYDERABAD
The Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) powerfully rebutted the allegations made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy successful the Assembly against the BRS successful the substance of stream waters use.
Former Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao made a PowerPoint presumption astatine the BRS bureau and said the BRS authorities had tried to undo the injustice done to Telangana by the Congress and TDP governments successful combined Andhra Pradesh from 1956 to 2014 and it was the Congress that was liable for reducing Palamuru into a territory of migrations by denying 194 tmc ft of Krishna h2o arsenic agreed astatine the clip of merger.
He further alleged that the Congress did sedate injustice to Nalgonda and Khammam districts by changing the determination of Nagarajunasagar task from Yeleshwaram to Nandikonda by reducing the availability of h2o to the Telangana areas. He said Mr. Revanth Reddy had lied successful the Assembly itself by claiming that Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi LIS were among the projects included successful Schedule XI of the AP Reorganisation Act to proceed them without immoderate absorption by residuary A.P.
Mr. Harish Rao stated that lone Kalwakurthy and Nettempadu projects were included successful Schedule XI. In fact, Section 3 notation was not made successful the Reorganisation Act for reapportionment of Krishna h2o among A.P. and Telangana. He explained that determination was 16.03 lakh acres nether irrigation successful Telangana nether each sources till 1956 and from 1956 to 2004 different 36 lakh acres was added. From 2004 to 2014 different 5.71 lakh acres was added and 0.93 lakh acres was stabilised.
Overall, 42 lakh acres was brought nether irrigation successful 60 years till 2014 and the BRS authorities during 2014-23 added 48.74 lakh acres, including 31.5 lakh acres of stabilisation and 17.24 lakh acres of caller ayacut.
Mr. Harish Rao alleged that the Chief Minister had besides lied successful the substance of 299 tmc ft statement by clubbing and omitting immoderate paras with Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao’s comments successful the 2 meetings of the Apex Council held successful 2016 and 2020. The stock was opposed powerfully successful the 2020 gathering and demanded for 50% stock till finalisation of the Tribunal Award and sought to cognize wherefore the Congress authorities was continuing with the aforesaid arrangement.
He pointed retired that Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao had opposed jurisdiction of projects till finalisation of h2o shares, wanted telemetry astatine each points of h2o drawals from associated projects and warned of taking up a barrage (Jogulamba) astatine Alampur to pat and divert Krishna h2o to Telangana successful lawsuit A.P. decided to spell up with the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme successful the 2nd Apex Council meeting. He said it was owed to the efforts of the BRS authorities that the Section 3 notation was agreed, and the Centre gave further presumption of notation to KWDT-II for the reapportionment of Krishna h2o among Telangana and A.P.
