Telangana and Andhra Pradesh had flagged a number of issues concerning the Upper Bhadra Project (UBP) in Karnataka, which the Central Water Commission (CWC) examined. A detailed response was provided to the two States in this regard.
On Thursday, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu stated this while responding to questions raised by TRS MPs Kavitha Malothu, G Ranjith Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, and Pasunoori Dayakar about UBP.
CWC received a Detailed Project Report (DPR) of UBP from the Karnataka government in December 2019. As a result of the successful completion of a techno-economic assessment of all relevant aspects of the project, including inter-State issues, hydrology, irrigation planning, designs, etc., the project’s techno-economic viability was accepted at the 147th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Irrigation, Flood Control, and Multipurpose Projects of Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Tudu said the water allocation for the project was well within the Krishna Waters Dispute Tribunal-I’s allocation of waters to Karnataka when asked whether the opinion of lower riparian states was taken into account.
The views or opinions of other riparian States are not required by CWC when there is either an agreement or a Tribunal award between the riparian States.
The CWC has examined the issues raised by Telangana and AP regarding inter-State aspects of the project, and a detailed response has been provided to each state.
According to him, UBP has received environmental, forest, and other clearances from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
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Telangana spent Rs.346.83 crore on cleaning the Godavari and Musi rivers.
In response to a separate question, Tudu stated that the Telangana government had expended Rs.346.83 crore as of June 22 to clean the Godavari and Musi rivers.
Through the central sector scheme Namami Gange for rivers in the Ganga basin and the centrally sponsored National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for other rivers, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has
been assisting States and Union Territories in abating pollution in identified stretches of rivers in the country.
A key component of these programs is the establishment of sewage treatment plants (STPs).
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