hyderabad
The stalemate over the management of Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) — a situation that emerged from the early hours of November 30 last after Andhra Pradesh police force took half of the spillway area of the dam, 13 of the 26 crest gates into their control— remains unaddressed by the Ministry of Jal Shakti although the CRPF personnel replaced the AP force.
While the other half of the spillway area which was manned by the Telangana State Special Police was handed over to the CRPF on December 2, the AP side followed suit a week later. However, the irrigation authorities/engineers of Telangana are still being denied entry to the spillway area that was initially ‘occupied’ by AP police and later handed over to CRPF. “We are unable to go even for maintenance works on the other half of the spillway system,” a Telangana engineer said.
