Telangana government today stated that it cannot attend a Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) meeting scheduled for August 9 on the Krishna water row.
Engineer-In-Chief (ENC) Muralidhar wrote a letter to the board to this extent. It is a second letter to the board on the same issue. ENC said that it is not possible for the officials to attend the meeting.
Since the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal are looking into this case Telangana state cannot attend the board meeting. The apex court and green tribunal have to come out with a decision on this, he said.
The ENC further said that the board can set another date for the meeting only after contacting the irrigation principal secretary of the state.
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After deciding another date for the meeting the state can attend it he said and asked for a complete board meeting with all its members. Telangana Government has raised objections to the illegal projects of Rayalaseema lift project and Pothireddypadu projects by Andhra Pradesh state. The AP Government is opposing the Telangana state with regard to its Palamur, Ranga Reddy projects though they were old projects.
Both the states are fighting the case legally and the center is expected to take a call by board-level meetings afresh.
The Chief Minister of Telangana expressed displeasure at the Andhra Pradesh government for creating problems. Also, the AP government is adopting a strategy to fight legally on the projects and water in the Krishna basin.
SOURCE-IANS
