hyderabad
The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II has turned down the request of Andhra Pradesh to postpone the proceedings on the reference made by the Ministry of Jal Shakti under Section 3 of Inter-State River Water Disputes Act on October 6 for adjudication of water shares of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from out of the undivided share of 811 tmcft to combined Andhra Pradesh.
The Tribunal chaired by Justice Brijesh Kumar along with Members Justice S. Talapatra and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy heard the submissions made by senior counsel for Andhra Pradesh Jaideep Gupta and C.S. Vaidyanathan for Telangana on Wednesday and directed the parties to file their statement of case and response to the reference made by Ministry of Jal Shakti within six weeks. They were also told to file the reply to the each other’s response within a further period of two weeks.
