The Telangana Government has decided to make a strong pitch for equal (50:50) share in the Krishna water at the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) meeting slated for Wednesday with the 2023-24 water year commencing in about three weeks – from June 1.
It is the major contention the State is planning to raise at the River Board meeting as the latter has been sharing water in the 34:66 ratio between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since formation of Telangana after the bifurcation of AP or since 2014-15 without the consent of the newly formed State.
“We had agreed for that ratio only for the first year and it was clearly mentioned in the minutes of the meeting that it would be in force for just one year and would be reviewed next year. It’s only an ad hoc arrangement being followed on year-to-year basis but the River Board has been issuing orders as if it’s the agreed upon share on permanent basis”, a senior official of the Irrigation Department said.
