The Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers has come to a broad understanding on taking the project forward with the member States agreeing to sign a memorandum of understanding after the issues specific to them are addressed, with its Chairman Sriram Vedire assuring that allocated waters of any State would not be touched for utilisation for Godavari-Cauvery link.
A meeting of the task force held here on Friday mainly discussed the Godavari-Krishna-Penna-Cauvery (G-K-P-C) link project with Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) Kushvinder Vohar, Director General of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) Bhopal Singh and officials of 10 member States and experts who participated in the meeting.
On the G-K-P-C link project, Telangana has made its stand clear one more time stating that they have no objection to the proposed link as long as the water allocated to the State by the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal are not tapped. Engineer-in-Chief C. Muralidhar also sought a higher share to Telangana than what was being proposed.
