Hyderabad: Continuing his direction of the Government of Andhra Pradesh on irrigation projects on the Krishna River, Telangana has asked the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to place the Head of Potiredpadu Head Regulator, Srisailam’s main channel (SRMC) and Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi at Bankacherla which was not approved projected and put it in the schedule-2 gazette notification issued by the Union Jal Shakti Minister.
The government also urged the council to allow the AP to draw only 34 TMC FT Water during the period of flood through the Head of Pothreddadu and SRMC regulators above the level of 880.
Telangana Irrigation Engineer C Chief C Muralidhar wrote a letter to the Chairperson of the KRMB MP Singh on Wednesday accused the AP government illegally Divert water outside the Krishna region of Srisainam.
He said the transfer of water from Pothhireddadu must be stopped for opposing the Water Dispute of the Krishna (KWDT) -1 water and prevention measures must be taken against the AP government.
“Srisailam is conceived as a hydro-electric project and only 33 TMC FT water allocated for evaporation losses without redirection from him for irrigation.
In the inter-state agreement in 1976 and 1977, the three countries stated to divert 15 TMC FT Air from Srisailam to Madras to supply water Drink between July and October every year.
It is clearly declared the transfer only for the requirements of Drinking Water Madras (Chennai) and not for other purposes, “said The Enc.
Muralidhar said in 1984 against the Inter-Country Agreement, CWC and KWDT-1 approval, the AP government had increased the main right channel of Srisailam to 20,000 cusecs against the original allocation of 11,150 cusecs, as well as the capacity of the waterways regulator to Madras.
to 11, 150 cusecs, increasing the capacity of the SRBC regulator to 11,150 Cusec to provide irrigation facilities to more fields in the AP and also introduce new regulators, called regulators of Escape, with a capacity of 11,150 cusecs, which supplies water to Ayacut completely contrary to the award KWDT-1 and other agreements.
“In 2006, the SRMC capacity increased to 44,000 cusecs and now reached 88,000 cusecs.
Additional regulators for GNSS with 22,000 cusecs on Bankacherla were built,” said The Enc.