Stop AP’s new schemes on Krishna: Telangana tells KRMB

HYDERABAD: Telangana has urged the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Andhra Pradesh (AP) from expanding Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) scheme and starting new projects on the Krishna river immediately.

Since, the AP government has taken up expansion and new schemes without approvals from the ministry of water resources (MoWR), appraisal from KRMB and also the Apex council, it should be brought to the notice of MoWR for taking necessary action. TRS government said it is also against provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.
In a letter to KRMB recently, Telangana irrigation engineer-in-chief C Muralidhar said HNSS project and its expansion was being done by the AP government and tender notices were issued. “The AP government has recently issued tender notices for enhancement from 3,850 cusecs to 6,300 cusecs for the main canal and eight pump houses at a cost of Rs 4,652 crore,” Muralidhar said.
He said the Telangana government has requested KRMB to restrain AP from drawing more than 34 tmcft water from Srisailam reservoir. HNSS LIS was nowhere mentioned in inter-state agreements and Planning Commission clearances for 34 tmcft.