Telangana has once again requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to restrain Andhra Pradesh from unauthorised drawal of Krishna and Tungabhadra water in the Krishna Basin including diversion of water from Srisailam reservoir for needs of KC Canal system from different points.
It has also asked the river board to install real-time sensors at all drawal points on Srisailam reservoir and maintain proper data and accounting of water drawal from different points and utilisations by AP and to enable Telangana utilise its rightful share in the rivers waters of Krishna and Tungabhadra.
In a letter addressed the Chairman of the river board M.P. Singh, Engineer-in-Chief (General-Irrigation) of Telangana C. Muralidhar explained how the combined AP had violated the interstate agreements and increased its share of KC Canal from 10 tmc ft to 39.9 tmc ft and had later started drawing water from Srisailam reservoir too.
