Andhra Pradesh welcomes Centre order on Krishna and Godavari

The Andhra Pradesh Executive on Friday welcomed the Central Executive’s Gazette notification finalising the jurisdiction of each Krishna River Control Board (KRMB) and Godavari River Control Board (GRMB).

J Syamala Rao, Major Secretary of Irrigation Division mentioned that with the Gazette notification, KRMB and GRMB may have regulate over the operations and upkeep of the irrigation initiatives in each Krishna and Godavari basins, which can come into impact from October 14, 2021. He mentioned that this actual notification used to be lengthy due ever because the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and added that the State’s water proportion will now fall underneath the jurisdiction of the Forums.

Rao mentioned that Telangana has been producing electrical energy independently from the final 45 days in Srisailam, Nagarjuna sagar and Pulichintala initiatives. In truth, for energy technology, the State govt supplies an indent to KRMB and in accordance with the indent the Board problems orders for energy technology. Alternatively, Telangana govt began producing electrical energy independently with out KRMB orders and went additional via issuing GO 34 to generate 100 p.c energy, Rao mentioned.

“From June 1 this 12 months, Srisailam reservoir had an influx of 30.38 TMC , of which 29.82 TMC used to be utilised via the Telangana govt for energy technology, leaving the garage at 806.eight toes. The minimal water stage will have to be 854 toes to get water from the Srisailam Reservoir via Pothireddypadu Head Regulator on gravity foundation and water stage of 881 toes will have to be saved to make use of State proportion of water,” Rao mentioned. Explaining the case of the Pulichintala venture, he mentioned that the Telangana govt used eight TMC of water for energy technology,regardless of the KRMB’s objection. From the final 45 days, since June 1 the Telangana govt has used 66 TMC of water for energy technology, even after elevating objections from AP and from KRMB.

Andhra Pradesh Leader Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had written a letter to the Top Minister Narendra Modi to be sure that the Telangana govt stops producing energy and likewise appealed to inform the jurisdiction of KRMB and handover the typical initiatives to the Board, via assigning central forces like CISF as safety, mentioned Syamala Rao. On this case, the State govt additionally approached the Perfect Courtroom to type the problems. By contrast backdrop, the Centre has realised the Gazette notification bringing the entire initiatives underneath the jurisdiction of KRMB and GRMB, he mentioned.