Andhra Pradesh making an attempt to steal Godavari water: Telangana | India Information – The Instances of India


NEW DELHI: Sparks flew in SC as Telangana opposed Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar Venture (PNSP) with A Revanth Reddy-led govt accusing AP of making an attempt to misappropriate its share of Godavari water and N Chandrababu Naidu-led govt charging Telangana of making an attempt to stall farmer-friendly tasks even after taking erstwhile capital metropolis Hyderabad.Telangana via senior advocate A M Singhvi repeatedly pleaded with a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi for a keep on tendering course of for preparation of the detailed undertaking report for PNSP alleging that AP govt has determined to proceed regardless of the Union govt forming a excessive powered committee led by chairman of Central Water Fee, which had requested AP to not go forward with it.The bench requested whether or not a writ petition by a state was maintainable when the core concern pertained to dispute over implementation of allocation of Godavari river water share between the 2 states, which additionally concerned Karnataka and Maharashtra. It requested Singhvi to take instruction inside per week whether or not Telangana would favor submitting a swimsuit beneath Article 131 of the Structure making all three states — AP, Karnataka and Maharashtra — events.AP via senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Jaideep Gupta and Balbir Singh advised the court docket that the undertaking had Telangana’s consent on the time of reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh. Rohatgi mentioned the tender is for preparation of DPR for the irrigation undertaking, which is supposed to make use of solely the surplus flood water flowing via AP, which is the decrease riparian state.Singhvi mentioned there was no means to measure extra flood water and alleged that it was a guise to misappropriate round 200 tmc of water allotted to Telangana, which he mentioned is within the strategy of constructing numerous barrages to utilise its share of 968 tmc water. “It’s a large emotive concern in Telangana as commissioning of the irrigation undertaking would minimize the state’s share of Godavari water,” he mentioned.Gupta mentioned, “What’s an emotive concern? Can one state cease an irrigation undertaking in one other state which is a decrease riparian one? Telangana has already taken Hyderabad.” Rohatgi mentioned the undertaking is to take water to drought susceptible areas & the DPR preparation is being pursued after approval of a pre-feasibility report.