Andhra Pradesh Illegally Expanding - Telangana seeks Centre's Intervention
The extension of the polavaram Irrigation Project, which is impacting the state's "rightful" share of Godavari water, has been deemed "illegal" and "unapproved" by the telangana administration, which has urged that the Centre take action against the andhra pradesh government. telangana Finance minister Harish Rao brought up this matter in a meeting with Union Jal Sakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat yesterday and urged that the Palamaru Rangareddy LI Scheme be evaluated and approved quickly.
Additionally, he recommended that Shekhawat swiftly approve four DPRs (depth project reports) for the Sita Rama LIS, Sammakka Sagar Project, extra TMC for the kaleshwaram Project, and Dr. b. r. ambedkar Wardha Project. Rao further asked the Union minister to take Telangana's case under Section 3 of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act to a tribunal in order to secure that state's constitutional entitlement to a fair and equitable distribution of krishna waters. telangana is a recently created state.
Rao said that neighboring andhra pradesh was "unilaterally and illegally either expanding many components or constructing new projects which are part of the overall polavaram project, on the behest of using flood waters" in a representation made to Shekhawat. He asserted that Right Main Canal (RMC) and Left Main Canal (LMC) expansions are being carried out to increase their ability to carry two to three times as much water as is permitted by law.
To intervene and order the state of andhra pradesh to halt moving on with the aforementioned illegal expansion of LMC and RMC, as well as the building of unapproved projects of polavaram reservoir, which are hurting Telangana's riparian rights, Rao said. The state minister reported to the meeting that andhra pradesh was building approximately 1,500 TMC carrying capacity in contrast to a 493 TMC allotment. Later, he remarked, "this will impact Telangana's claims on Godavari surplus waters."
Thousands of acres of new command areas, which are neither a part of Polavaram's approved command areas nor approved as independent projects by the Central Water Commission and Technical Advisory Committee, are supplied with water through both these "illegally" expanded LMC and RMC, according to him.
Polavaram is a national project, hence the central government is in charge of making sure that it is built in accordance with the initially authorised technical specifications and that no out-of-scope components or projects are tacked on.
Additionally, he recommended that Shekhawat swiftly approve four DPRs (depth project reports) for the Sita Rama LIS, Sammakka Sagar Project, extra TMC for the kaleshwaram Project, and Dr. b. r. ambedkar Wardha Project. Rao further asked the Union minister to take Telangana's case under Section 3 of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act to a tribunal in order to secure that state's constitutional entitlement to a fair and equitable distribution of krishna waters. telangana is a recently created state.
Rao said that neighboring andhra pradesh was "unilaterally and illegally either expanding many components or constructing new projects which are part of the overall polavaram project, on the behest of using flood waters" in a representation made to Shekhawat. He asserted that Right Main Canal (RMC) and Left Main Canal (LMC) expansions are being carried out to increase their ability to carry two to three times as much water as is permitted by law.
To intervene and order the state of andhra pradesh to halt moving on with the aforementioned illegal expansion of LMC and RMC, as well as the building of unapproved projects of polavaram reservoir, which are hurting Telangana's riparian rights, Rao said. The state minister reported to the meeting that andhra pradesh was building approximately 1,500 TMC carrying capacity in contrast to a 493 TMC allotment. Later, he remarked, "this will impact Telangana's claims on Godavari surplus waters."
Thousands of acres of new command areas, which are neither a part of Polavaram's approved command areas nor approved as independent projects by the Central Water Commission and Technical Advisory Committee, are supplied with water through both these "illegally" expanded LMC and RMC, according to him.
Polavaram is a national project, hence the central government is in charge of making sure that it is built in accordance with the initially authorised technical specifications and that no out-of-scope components or projects are tacked on.