Halt power generation from irrigation water: KRMB to Telangana

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A day after Andhra Pradesh moved The Supreme Court on drawal of Krishna waters by , the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) wrote to Telangana Genco director (hydel) to stop water drawals from Srisailam Left Bank Canal, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala projects for hydel power generation.

Both Telangana and AP have been at loggerheads over water sharing and hydel power generation for the past one month. AP had earlier complained to the KRMB to restrain Telangana from generating hydel power from projects on Krishna river. AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in this regard.

But, the Telangana government directed the Genco to generate power at full capacity. Genco started generating 1,400 MW

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from all its units. The government has been arguing that the state had been drawing its rightful share of water from the Krishna and said Srisailam is primarily a hydel power generation project.

The Telangana cabinet also insisted that water allocation should be 50:50 for Telangana and AP. With tensions rising, Police forces were deployed at the hydel power generation units at various projects.