hyderabad
The Telangana government has requested the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the Phase-II works of Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) lift irrigation project being carried out without appraisal and approval.
In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the River Board, the Engineer-in-Chief (General-Irrigation) of Telangana stated that Andhra Pradesh (AP) had issued a tender notice for conducting surveying and levelling operations for lifting water from the Bhairavanithippa project to feed 58 minor irrigation tanks in Gummaghatta, Rayadurgam, D. Hirehal and Kanekal mandals in Anantapur district to stabilise an ayacut of 4,100 acres.
