The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), the apex body
constituted for the purpose of distribution of waters between Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh, doesn’t seem to have a clue on how to end the fresh controversy
over utilisation of available water at the Nagarjunasagar Dam claimed by both
states.
Both Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh separately have
requisitioned to KRMB that they want almost the entire 90 TMC ft of water
available at Nagarjunasagar to meet their late Kharif and Rabi crop
requirements. Meeting the requirement of both states, given the limited live
storage available at the dam, is impossible.
KRMB chairman S.K.G. Pandit told this newspaper on Tuesday
evening, “We are studying the issue but we haven’t arrived at a decision, it is
going to be a difficult situation for us.”
Both states want water from the Nagarjunasagar Dam for the ongoing
late Kharif crop as well as for the ensuing Rabi crop in the Nagarjunasagar
Left Canal, Alimineti Madhavareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (Telangana), Krishna
Delta, Nagarjunasagar Right Canal (Andhra Pradesh).
