Telangana govt opposes dividing SLBC

TheTelanganagovernment has raised objections to splitting Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) into two components instead of a single component in the gazette notification issued by the Union ministry of water resources.

The state government said in the notification it was mentioned that intake, tunnel, appurtenant structures (mean structures such as spillways) and Nakkalagandi reservoir as one component and additional 10 tmcft intake and appurtenant works as another component. Telangana engineer-in-chief (ENC) C Muralidhar said in the letter that the united AP government had enhanced the ayacut under SLBC from three lakh acres to four lakh acres but the quantum of water utilisation was not enhanced accordingly from 30 tmcft to 40 tmcft.