and Andhra Pradesh are caught in a legal battle in National Green Tribunal over theDindiLift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS).
While Telangana says it is a drinking water supply scheme, AP filed a counter-affidavit asserting that it is an irrigation project taken up without seeking the environmental clearance (EC).
Telangana irrigation special chief secretary Rajat Kumar in an affidavit said: As on the present stage of construction, filling of the reservoirs, transporting and storing Infrastructure can only be utilised for drinking water and industrial purposes. A separate further plan under next phase as to development of irrigation- related infrastructure would specifically needs to be made.