Relief for TS as SC stays penalty imposed by NGT for irrigation projects
1 year, 10 months ago

Relief for TS as SC stays penalty imposed by NGT for irrigation projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a relief to Telangana, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Rs 920 crore penalties and fines imposed by a National Green Tribunal bench at Chennai for going ahead with the construction works of Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme and Dindi irrigation project without procuring environmental clearances. The NGT southern bench in Chennai had on December 24, 2022, ordered the Telangana government to pay Rs 528 crore as penalty for damaging the environment with PRLIS and levied Rs 92 crore fine for violating environmental norms in Dindi project. Counsel for Andhra Pradesh argued that Telangana was going ahead with irrigation works towards which it has finalised bids for lifting and pumping around 90 TMC water through PRLIS without clearances. Vaidyanadhan, another senior advocate representing Telangana, said that the Andhra Pradesh government was intending to raise inter-state water disputes by raking up issues like environmental permits.

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95% of reservoirs in State up to brim, says Nimmala
1 day, 4 hours ago

95% of reservoirs in State up to brim, says Nimmala

The Hindu  

Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu has said that 95% of reservoirs in the State are full, thanks to the copious rainfall received in recent months and the department’s preparedness to keep the water bodies ready for storage. Speaking to the media after inspecting the Gandikota reservoir in Jammalamadugu Constituency along with the local legislator C. Adinarayana Reddy here …

Addl. irrigation potential of 30L acres to be created under existing projects in 5 years: Uttam
1 week, 3 days ago

Addl. irrigation potential of 30L acres to be created under existing projects in 5 years: Uttam

The Hindu  

Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has stated that the government is resolved to create irrigation potential to an additional 30 lakh acres with the modernisation of projects such as Nizamsagar and Sriramsagar in the next five years. Lifeline for farmers The officials informed the Minister that siltation had reduced the water storage capacity of Sriramsagar …

Krishna Tribunal cross-examines Andhra Pradesh witness for second day
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Krishna Tribunal cross-examines Andhra Pradesh witness for second day

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh witness and irrigation expert Anil Kumar Goyal was cross-examined, by Telangana’s senior advocate V Ravinder Rao, before Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II for the second day on Friday. Anil Kumar admitted that there is an intermediate yield of 53 tmcft in downstream between Pulichintala reservoir and Prakasam barrage. He said that AP’s Guntur Channel and Vykuntapuram Pumping Scheme …

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages
4 months, 1 week ago

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Serious questions have been raised from within the irrigation department over the competence levels of its Central Designs Organisation, the department’s independent division, which provided designs that were used for the construction of the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme at Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda — all of which are now in dire need of permanent repairs. …

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The project ayacut farmers would get water supply for both the crop seasons this year as irrigation projects were bemiring with water, said minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday while releasing water to the left main canal from Palair reservoir at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The minister informed that the irrigation tanks in Palaiar constituency …

Telangana Govt Is Committed to Protect Kaleshwaram Project, Says Bhatti
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana Govt Is Committed to Protect Kaleshwaram Project, Says Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who holds charge of the finance department, reiterated that the state government was committed to protecting the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme in accordance with the directors of the National Dam Safety Authority to ensure that thousands of crores of public money spent on the project did not go waste. Lashing out at the …

Telangana CM seeks ₹4,000 crore from centre for the Musi river water treatment
5 months ago

Telangana CM seeks ₹4,000 crore from centre for the Musi river water treatment

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has requested the Centre to extend cooperation for the effective implementation of the prestigious Musi Riverfront Development project launched by the Telangana government. The Union Minister was requested to sanction another ₹6,000 crore for diversion of Godavari water to the twin reservoirs of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar to overcome drinking water problems of the State capital. …

Telangana Babli project gates opened to boost SRSP inflows amid water shortage
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Babli project gates opened to boost SRSP inflows amid water shortage

New Indian Express  

NIZAMABAD: Gates of the Babli project, situated in Nanded district of Maharashtra, upstream the Sri Ram Sagar Project were opened on Monday as per a 2013 Supreme Court ruling. The Babli project, with a capacity of 0.2 tmcft, has 14 gates which were lifted in the afternoon in the presence of officials from the Central Water Commission, as well as …

Our share of Krishna should be 789 TMC water, TS tells Tribunal
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Our share of Krishna should be 789 TMC water, TS tells Tribunal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government has urged the Krishna Waters Disputes Tribunal-II that it should be allocated 789 tmc ft of water from the 1,050 tmc ft available in Krishna river in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh. In addition, the state told KWDT-II in its statement, that of the water available in the then unified Krishna district in the river, …

Officials Stop SRSP Water for Agriculture, To Focus on Drinking Needs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Officials Stop SRSP Water for Agriculture, To Focus on Drinking Needs

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: To cater to the drinking water needs of north Telangana districts, Sriramsagar project officials decided to halt the release of water for agriculture given the low storage level. Water stands at 1059.30 feet in the SRSP against its full level of 1091 ft. Last year same day the project had water at 1068.80 ft. Against last year’s storage of …

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Telangana officials have requested that the Krishna River Management Board restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing any water from the Srisailam reservoir for this water year. In a letter to the KRMB, Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja said that AP is entitled to draw only 15 tmcft from Srisailam for drinking water supply to Chennai. “As such it is to be …

We are committed to completing Polavaram at earliest, says Buggana
10 months, 2 weeks ago

We are committed to completing Polavaram at earliest, says Buggana

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The major and medium irrigation was given a sizeable allocation in the interim State budget for 2024-25. Reiterating the government’s commitment to completing the ongoing irrigation projects, he said, “We are committed to completing the Polavaram National Project, the lifeline of Andhra Pradesh. On other projects, the minister said Owk Tunnel-II, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister YS Jagan …

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana has urged the Krishna River Management Board to immediately stop Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the Rayalaseema lift irrigation scheme contending that its plans for increasing drawal of water from the river were in contravention of how the water is to be shared between the two states. Hours after the Centre on Wednesday announced that it was …

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water
1 year, 3 months ago

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal chaired by Justice Brijesh Kumar has turned down the interlocutory application filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking stay on G.O.246 dated August 18, 2022 issued by Telangana for utilising 90 tmc ft water for Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme from out of 75% dependable flows from Srisailam reservoir. issued by Telangana in August last year, the …

Poor storage in reservoir, reduced flows upset farmers in Rayalaseema region
1 year, 4 months ago

Poor storage in reservoir, reduced flows upset farmers in Rayalaseema region

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Poor storage along with reduced inflows from upstream areas of the Krishna basin at Srisailam reservoir is causing tense moments for the farmers in the Rayalaseema region. Farmers started mounting pressure on the government, seeking justice for those in drought-hit areas, who faced serious drinking water and irrigation problems throughout the year. As the farmers were demanding the release …

Telangana Minister KTR Condemns Centre's Discrimination Against State's Irrigation Projects
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana Minister KTR Condemns Centre's Discrimination Against State's Irrigation Projects

ABP News  

Telangana's Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President, KT Rama Rao, has accused the BJP-led Central government of discriminatory practices against the state's irrigation projects. In an open letter addressing the Environment Assessment Committee's deferral of environmental clearance for the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, Rama Rao expressed deep disappointment with what he perceives as intense discrimination by the Central government against …

AP seeks curbs on TS in drawal of Krishna water
1 year, 8 months ago

AP seeks curbs on TS in drawal of Krishna water

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The AP irrigation department has urged the Krishna River Management Board to allow it draw at least 7tmc-ft of water from the Srisailam Reservoir to meet the immediate drinking water needs of the state this summer season. It has also pointed out to the board that Telangana state has already utilised 90.36tmc-ft more water than its allotted quota of …

Water flow into river Godavari decreases on TS-Maharashtra border
1 year, 8 months ago

Water flow into river Godavari decreases on TS-Maharashtra border

Deccan Chronicle  

BASAR: Irrigation department officials released water early from the Sriramsagar project at Pochampad in Nizamabad district. The SRSP has water till 1,071.3 feet, compared to last year’s 1,074.80 ft. Last year on the same day SRSP had 39.239 tmc ft of water, which has now plummeted to 31.636 tmc ft. Usually, SRSP officials release water for the yasangi crop at …

‘No tapping allocated shares of Godavari water to TS, AP in river linking project’
1 year, 9 months ago

‘No tapping allocated shares of Godavari water to TS, AP in river linking project’

The Hindu  

Chairman of the task force on interlinking of rivers Sriram Vedire has stated that the Godavari-Kaveri interlinking project being planned by the Centre would not touch the water allocated to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and only the unutilised share of other States such as Chhattisgarh would be diverted for the purpose. The NWDA authorities explained that detailed project reports on …

SC asks CWC & Godavari Board to consider revised DPR of Kaleshwaram project
1 year, 11 months ago

SC asks CWC & Godavari Board to consider revised DPR of Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Water Commission and Godavari River Management Board to consider the Telangana government’s revised detailed project report relating the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme which is already pending with two authorities. The court clarified that its status quo order pertained to the physical aspects of the project and did not impede the …

NGT lays bare Telangana\'s approach to environmental protection
2 years ago

NGT lays bare Telangana\'s approach to environmental protection

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The National Green Tribunal practically trashed the Telangana state government on its commitment to environmental protection, and following the laws of the land. Among the terms used by the NGT to describe Telangana’s approach to PRLIS and DLIS were ‘wilful violations’, ‘utter disregard’ of the law, and ‘false undertakings’ given by the state. It said because of a previous …

Telangana violated environmental norms, says NGT
2 years ago

Telangana violated environmental norms, says NGT

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government’s pursuit of constructing two lift irrigation schemes without securing environmental clearances has landed the BRS-led state government in hot water, with the National Green Tribunal penalising it with a hefty Rs. In its decision on a case related to the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme, the NGT on …

TS urges CWC for fresh Polavaram backwater study
2 years, 2 months ago

TS urges CWC for fresh Polavaram backwater study

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana has yet again urged the Central Water Commission to order a study on the impact of backwaters of the Polavaram project being constructed by Andhra Pradesh on the temple town of Bhadrachalam. The demand was made at a meeting of the CWC chairman R.K. Gupta with irrigation department officials from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Telangana has …

Centre says Telangana lying on Mission Bhagiratha award
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre says Telangana lying on Mission Bhagiratha award

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has been accused of ‘misleading’ people over the state receiving a national award for Mission Bhagiratha. It may be recalled that on Thursday, the state government claimed that Mission Bhagiratha has been selected for a national award for supply of drinking water to all households in the state. In Saturday’s statement, issued through the Press Information …

TS, AP in fresh row over power generation
2 years, 2 months ago

TS, AP in fresh row over power generation

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A fresh dispute erupted between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana following reports of TSGenco drawing water from Srisailam left bank for power generation. While the AP government raised an objection, its water resources department’s engineer-in-chief C. Narayana Reddy dashed off a letter to the chairman of Krishna River Management Board seeking his immediate intervention. He said that in the KRMB …

Come to Telangana and learn from us, Harish to Union ministers
2 years, 2 months ago

Come to Telangana and learn from us, Harish to Union ministers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In light of the national award for the state government’s flagship project Mission Bhagiratha, finance minister T. Harish Rao on Thursday demanded that the Centre release funds to assist states such as Telangana that are performing well. Mission Bhagiratha had won the national award from the Jal Jeevan Mission for providing safe drinking water to all rural households on …

NGT says TS flouts green norms by taking up PRLIS
2 years, 4 months ago

NGT says TS flouts green norms by taking up PRLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The National Green Tribunal observed that the Telangana government was flouting its own undertaking by constructing the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme on the Krishna river by not obtaining environmental clearance. The NGT’s Chennai bench which was hearing a petition of the AP government on the PRLIS on Thursday observed that for utilising six tmc ft of water for …

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
2 years, 4 months ago

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as court was told that the Telangana government was going ahead with the expansion of the project without any environmental clearance. The Telangana government which completed the project works for impounding 2 tmc ft of water has taken up expansion works including land acquisition …

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP
2 years, 5 months ago

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD/VIJAYAWADA: Transport minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Tuesday held Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project responsible for the flooding of the Godavari river at Bhadrachalam, sparking off a row with the neighbouring Telugu state. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, TRS leaders demanded a reduction in the height of the Polavaram project, accusing the AP government of changing the original plan, to …

TS objects to 34% share in Krishna water, writes to Centre
2 years, 6 months ago

TS objects to 34% share in Krishna water, writes to Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday wrote two letters to the Centre raising objections over the Krishna River Management Board allocating water in the ratio of 66 per cent to AP and 34 per cent to TS for 2022-23, and also against the AP government constructing several lift irrigation projects to derive early benefits under the Polavaram project on the …

TS alleges AP aiming to draw water illegally from Krishna
2 years, 6 months ago

TS alleges AP aiming to draw water illegally from Krishna

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana has accused Andhra Pradesh of making more plans to draw water illegally from the Krishna river and its deficit basin to an area outside the river’s basin for generation of hydropower. Irrigation engineer-in-chief Muralidhar has written to the Krishna river management board twice in a week’s time, saying AP is going ahead with the construction of a pumped …

Telangana urges CWC to stop Karnataka projects on Tungabhadra
2 years, 7 months ago

Telangana urges CWC to stop Karnataka projects on Tungabhadra

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana, in the middle of an ongoing battle with Andhra Pradesh over sharing of Krishna river water, asked the Central Water Commission to keep in abeyance clearances given to Karnataka for Upper Bhadra and Upper Tunga projects in that state immediately. Telangana told the CWC that the Tungabhadra contributed substantially to Krishna river flows, and the present clearances to the …

TS objects to Tungabhadra projects
2 years, 7 months ago

TS objects to Tungabhadra projects

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana, in the middle of an ongoing battle with Andhra Pradesh over sharing of Krishna river water, asked the Central Water Commission to keep in abeyance clearances given to Karnataka for Upper Bhadra and Upper Tunga projects in that state immediately. Telangana told the CWC that the Tungabhadra contributed substantially to Krishna river flows, and the present clearances to …

Andhra Pradesh: Central support sought to speed up weir project on Krishna at Siddeswaram
2 years, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Central support sought to speed up weir project on Krishna at Siddeswaram

The Hindu  

The Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samithi, which is spearheading a movement for the construction of a weir on the Krishna River at Siddeswaram upstream Srisailam multipurpose project, has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to fulfil its promise of providing drinking and irrigation water to the Rayalaseema region by supporting the more than a decade-old proposal. Welcoming the support of Jana Sena …

Andhra Pradesh worried, TS uses Sagar water for power generation
2 years, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh worried, TS uses Sagar water for power generation

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government would raise the issue of the Telangana government drawing water from Nagarjunasagar dam for hydel power generation – a violation of norms -- at the Krishna River Management Board meet on May 6. We are going to raise the issue once again at the KRMB meeting, so as to stop the drawal of water from …

Drinking water crisis stares at AP, TS
2 years, 8 months ago

Drinking water crisis stares at AP, TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state are expected to face shortage of drinking water this summer especially in May if the Telangana state government continues to draw water from Nagarjunasagar dam to generate hydel power defying directions from the Krishna River Management Board not to do so. In AP, people living in the two erstwhile districts of Guntur and Prakasam …

Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to hold meet with KRMB, GRMB chiefs
3 years, 3 months ago

Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to hold meet with KRMB, GRMB chiefs

New Indian Express  

Although both the Telugu states have agreed to cooperate with the Centre in the implementation of the jurisdiction, they have aired their concerns and sought amendments to the same. In fact, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandarsekhar Rao has requested Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to extend the date of implementation as there was not much time and …

NGT directs Telangana government to remove encroachments in Hyderabad’s Musi river and clear it of pollutants
3 years, 9 months ago

NGT directs Telangana government to remove encroachments in Hyderabad’s Musi river and clear it of pollutants

The Hindu  

Last October, parts of the Hyderabad, including its historic old city, were struck with a flood that threatened to engulf large swathes of land and engrave itself as the worst in the city’s history. The river, also known as Musinuru, divides Hyderabad’s historic old city and the new city, just seemed to come alive, swirling, flooding the city’s already overflowing …

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