The Godavari and Krishna river management boards sent the copies of the resolutions of the board meetings held on Monday and Tuesday to the and asked it to come out with government orders (GOs) accepting the takeover of the Irrigation projects by the two boards.
However, the state government did not issue any GOs for the takeover of irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna by the two boards. Till late night on Wednesday, the government was yet to issue any GOs in this regard.
Sources said the Telangana government is of the view that the deadline for takeover is October 14 and there was no need to hurriedly issue GOs on October 13 itself. Also, the state government is still trying and is hoping that the Centre may defer the takeover as chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. A senior official in the state government said that they need to examine the proposal and resolution of the two boards before acting on them.