AP, TS urged to stop river projects JURALA GETS MAHA INFLOWS DUE TO RAINS
Union minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat prevailed upon the Chief Ministers of Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh not to go ahead with projects on Krishna and Godavari rivers, which are being objected to by respective governments.
Expressing concern over the inordinate delay in convening the Apex Council constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2 2014, Shekawat in a letter dated August 7, said that the Apex Council meeting was overdue and asked the respective governments to attend the meeting at a convenient time.
On its part, the TS government suggested it was ready to convene a meet by August 20.
Stressing that one of the functions of the Apex Council was supervision of the functioning of Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) and Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), he pointed out that so far only one meeting of Apex Council was held in September 2016.
In a letter addressed to the TS Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, he referred to the objection raised by the government of AP in its letter dated May 14 of this year to RMB on the new projects taken up by Telangana in Godavari Basin in violation of relevant provisions
With heavy rains lashing Maharashtra, Srisailam reservoir received
2,22,406 cusecs of water from Jurala project. As on Saturday, it had 78.0365 TMC ft of water as against its total capacity of 215.81 TMC ft.
With copious water supply, TS is drawing 1,600 cusecs of water from Srisailam dam through the Mahatma Gandhi Kalvakurti Lift Irrigation (MGKLI) and 38,140 cusecs of water for power generation, while AP is drawing 1,688 cusecs from Malyala lift irrigation scheme and 1,000 cusecs from Pothireddypadu head regulator.
As a result of inflows from the upstream of the river Krishna, 28 crest gates of Jurala project in TS were opened to let out
2,22,406 cusecs of water on Saturday.
of AP reorganisation act 2014.
The seven projects objected to by AP include Kaleshwaram LIS, GLIS phase 3, Seetarama LIS, Tupakulagudem, TS drinking water supply project, barrages on lower Penganga river and Ramappa Lake to Pakhal Lake division.