Despite the Telangana government denying that it has not agreed to handing over to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) joint projects of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh — Srisailam and Nagarjunsagar — at a meeting convened by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on January 17, the KRMB has scheduled a meeting on Thursday to discuss the issue.
Sharing the meeting notice and agenda to the two member States on Tuesday, KRMB Superintending Engineer R.V. Prakash asked the Engineers-in-Chief of the two States to attend the meeting on February 1 for discussing and finalising the protocols for the management of the two projects and their outlets. They have also been asked to come with a concrete action plan for handing over of the two projects’ management to the river board.
In the meeting notice, the river board engineer claimed that the two States have mutually agreed at the January 17 meeting held by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on several contentious issues. He stated that it was agreed up that the ENCs of the two States and KRMB would discuss and finalise the protocols for handing over the management of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar dams and all 15 prioritised components/outlets of the two projects to the river board.
