Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the authorities would contiguous its lawsuit connected Karnataka’s connection to summation the tallness of Almatti Dam.
The Minister said successful Palakeedu mandal of Suryapet territory connected Sunday that the Supreme Court was dealing with the lawsuit presently and helium would question to Delhi connected Monday (September 22) to contiguous Telangana’s case. “State’s stock successful Krishna and Godavari waters would not beryllium compromised astatine immoderate cost,” helium said.
Mr. Reddy said the Almatti lawsuit had been pending successful the Supreme Court since 2017. He assured that Telangana’s ineligible team, including elder advocates, would contiguous beardown arguments to artifact the dam tallness increase.
He accused the BRS authorities of conceding unfair allocation of Krishna h2o erstwhile retired of the 811 TMC of Krishna stream water, 512 TMC was allocated to Andhra Pradesh and lone 299 TMC to Telangana. The Congress authorities is contesting this allocation earlier the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal.
Telangana was already suffering owed to the ‘collapsed’ Kaleshwaram project, which was flawed successful planning, execution and maintenance. Legal enactment would beryllium taken against anyone recovered liable irrespective of their position.
Earlier, the Minister reviewed the advancement of the Jawahar Janpahad Lift Irrigation Scheme, which is scheduled for completion by 31 December and is expected to supply irrigation to 10,000 acres. He besides inspected the works of the Mahatma Gandhi Muktyala Branch Canal, which volition irrigate 53,000 acres astatine the tail-end of the Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal, and the Rajiv Gandhi Lift Irrigation Scheme astatine Dondapadu, which volition utilise surplus Pulichintala task h2o to irrigate 14,000 acres.
