More teeth to Godavari and Krishna management boards

The Centre has notified the Godavari and the Krishna river management boards, giving them more teeth to administer, regulate, operate and maintain projects listed on these two rivers in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Jal Shakti Ministry said. The notification is expected to reduce the friction in the area of water management between the two states. "The decision would go a long way in enabling the rive boards to discharge their responsibilities to the fullest as mandated in the APRA (Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act) 2014 and ring about the muchneeded neutrality on water resources matters between the two states," the ministry said. The APRA contains provisions for effective management of river water in Andhra and Telangana.