Water Resources Minister Ambati Rambabu said the issuance of additional Terms of Reference (ToR) by the Central government to the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) was illegal, and the Andhra Pradesh government would challenge it in the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP).
Addressing media persons here on Saturday, Mr. Rambabu said the dispute over sharing Krishna waters had been going on for a long time and it was for its settlement that the Bachawat Tribunal was set up way back in 1969. The allocations have since been made on the basis of the award passed by the Bachawat Tribunal.
The KWDT-I was formed in 2004 to take care of the distribution of surplus waters. The government of the unified State of A.P. had challenged the allocations made by KDWT-I after it submitted its first report in 2010. The other riparian States too challenged it later, resulting in the imposition of a stay by the Supreme Court.
