The Andhra Pradesh authorities on Friday welcomed the Union authorities’s gazette notification finalizing the jurisdiction of each the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB).
Irrigation Department Principal Secretary J Shyamala Rao mentioned that with the gazette notification, KRMB and GRMB may have management over operation and upkeep of irrigation tasks in each the Krishna and Godavari basins, which can come into impact from October 14, 2021. Said that this specific notification was lengthy after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and added that the water share of the state would now come beneath the jurisdiction of the boards.
Rao mentioned Telangana has been producing electrical energy independently in Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala tasks for the final 45 days. In reality, for energy technology, the state authorities gives an indent to KRMB and based mostly on the demand, the board points orders for energy technology. However, the Telangana authorities began producing electrical energy independently with out orders from KRMB and went forward by issuing GO 34 to generate 100 per cent electrical energy, Rao mentioned.
“Since June 1 this year, the Srisailam reservoir had an inflow of 30.38 TMC, out of which 29.82 TMC was used by the Telangana government for power generation, taking the storage to 806.8 feet. The minimum water level should be 854 feet to receive water from Srisailam reservoir through Pothireddypadu head regulator based on gravity and 881 feet to be stored to utilize the state share of the water,” mentioned Rao. . Describing the case of Pulichintala challenge, he mentioned that Telangana authorities used 8 TMC of water for energy technology regardless of the objection of KRMB. For the final 45 days, since June 1, the Telangana authorities has used 66 TMC of water for energy technology, even after elevating objections from AP and KRMB.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make sure that the Telangana authorities stops producing electrical energy and to tell the KRMB’s jurisdiction and hand over the final tasks to the Central Board. appealed at hand over the forces. As CISF safety, Shyamala Rao mentioned. In this case, the state authorities had additionally approached the Supreme Court to resolve the problems. Against this background, the Center has realized the gazette notification bringing all of the tasks beneath the jurisdiction of KRMB and GRMB, he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
