The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) has rescheduled the meeting convened to discuss the impasse over the ‘occupation’ of half of the Nagarjunasagar dam spillway area, handing over the management and security of joint projects of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Krishna River Management Board and CRPF to December 8.
Initially the meeting was held in virtual mode on December 2 but the Chief Secretary expressed her inability to attend the meet due to her preoccupation in the arrangements for the counting of votes of Assembly elections on December 3 and on Telangana’s request it was slated for December 6 in physical mode. In view of the intense cyclonic conditions over the Bay of Bengal and its impact on Andhra Pradesh, the meeting has been rescheduled to December 8.
Chief secretaries of A.P. and Telangana, Director General of CRPF, Chairman of the Central Water Commission and Chairman of KRMB were asked to attend the meeting physically to discuss the management of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar dams along with structures of irrigation systems linked to to the two projects as well as their security following the ‘occupation’ of half of the Nagarjunasagar spillway area from November 29 night.
