In a fresh salvo, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said theKrishnaRiver Management Board (KRMB) has no right to askTelanganato stop hydel power generation even as the demanded that the board cancel the July 9 meeting withAndhra Pradeshand Telangana on the ongoing tussle over Irrigation projects and sharing ofwaterbetween the twoTelugustates.
Urging the KRMB to conduct the meeting after July 20, Telangana also asked the board to include contentious issues like illegal projects constructed by AP in the agenda for the meeting. The CM, who chaired a high-level meeting with chief secretary Somesh Kumar and special chief secretary (Resources“>Water Resources) Rajat Kumar on Saturday, resolved to continue with hydel power generation at Srisailam, Jurala, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala projects.
Reminding the KRMB that there were no agreements between the two states on hydel power generation, KCR said: This year onwards, Telangana will utilise 50 per cent ofKrishna water(405.5 tmcft). Of the total 811 tmcft of water in Krishna, Telangana gets 299 tmcft and AP 512 tmcft. The meeting rejected the present 66:34 water sharing formula between AP and Telangana respectively.