Hyderabad: The Telangana State Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a unanimous resolution stating that it would not hand over control of its projects to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) unless the board agrees to the conditions laid out by the State government.
Moving the resolution in the House, Irrigation Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy explained that the Krishna River was the lifeline of the regions of southern Telangana both for irrigation and drinking water purposes.
After the formation of Andhra Pradesh through the Bachawath Tribunal Award, 811 TMC of water was allocated to Andhra Pradesh. Successive governments have created substantial irrigation potential through the construction of major projects. After the formation of the new state of Telangana, sufficient attention was not given to the requirements of the Krishna Basin, and the then government agreed to the grossly unfair ratio of water sharing between the two states, which is 299 TMC to Telangana and 512 TMC to Andhra Pradesh, he said.
