Amid the continuing row between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the sharing of power generated and water of river Krishna, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday met Krishna River Water Management Board Chairman SKG Pandit.
KCR and senior Ministers T Harish Rao, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Mahinder Reddy presented the case and raised the issue of Telangana being deprived of 54 per cent share of power under the AP State Reorganisation Act.He also drew the attention of the Board to the rights of Telangana over the waters of Krishna and the draw down level of Srisailam project. The meeting took place ahead of the talks the Board was going to have with the officials of both the States on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Government continues to maintain its position that Telangana has been violating the rules by drawing water from Srisailam project for power generation.AP minister for irrigation Umamaheshwar Rao and information advisor Parkala Prabhakar alleged that the Telangana ministers were deliberately lying on the series of GOs issued in the past regarding the water levels in Srisailam. They denied that the GO No. 233 had fixed the draw down level of the project at 834 feet as claimed by Telangana government.