Telangana government has reiterated its demand for allocation of 50% share in Krishna water till the implementation of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) award and has sought changes in the water management guidelines of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar, the two common storage points of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
In a recent letter addressed to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), Engineer-in-Chief (General-Irrigation) of Telangana C. Muralidhar stated that AP and Telangana had been availing Krishna waters in the 66:34 ratio as a temporary arrangement in the absence of any awarded sharing ratio since bifurcation of combined AP. However, it was 8 years since the bifurcation took place but the water shares were yet to be decided.
The ENC made it clear that Telangana would not accept the current ratio of sharing henceforth, till the implementation of KWDT-II, and wants equal share and also necessary changes in the river board’s protocols for water sharing from 2022-23 water year. He also requested the board to change the water management protocols of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar reservoirs as per KWDT-I award and fix the minimum draw down level (MDDL) of Srisailam at 830 feet from the present 854 ft for supplementation of water to Nagarjunasagar.
