Hydrologist Chetan Pandit, witness appearing for Telangana before the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal (KWDT-II), has reiterated that the general principle of inter-basin water transfer is that it has to be from surplus basin and not from a deficit one.
During the cross-examination of the witness done by senior advocate appearing for Andhra Pradesh R. Venkataramani in New Delhi on Wednesday, Mr. Pandit denied the suggestion that his proposals for system operational protocol during the deficit conditions/years are not in consonance with the binding of KWDT-I and KWDT-II Awards.
He stated that there was nothing in the operational protocol proposed by him that runs contrary to the two Tribunal Awards. However, the protocol being developed by him would be an attempt to address the changed scenario of Telangana coming into existence from the combined Andhra Pradesh in place at the time of the two Tribunal Awards’ finalisation.
