Telanganaon Monday asked the Krisha River Management Board (KRMB) to restrainAndhra Pradeshfrom executing works on what it termed as the unauthorisedVeligondaproject. It added that new components to the project are intended to divert water outside the river basin.
has been expressing strong objection to the projects diverting water to the outside basin from Srisailam reservoir, through Pothireddypadu head regulator and SRMC, HNSS lift scheme, KC canal lift scheme and Veligonda tunnel project. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has also conveyed strong objection to the Union Government on such diversions and requested to stop diversions immediately.