TS Power generation benefiting AP

Express News Service
Hyderabad, November 6:
  Truce between warring Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh over utilising Krishna river waters. The Telangana stopped power generation at Srisailam on November and started generating power at Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) left bank canal. Telangana generating power at NSP is music to the ears of Andhra Pradesh.
 "We are getting irrigation water for Krishna delta, when Telangana released water from NSP after power generation," an official in Irrigation department in Andhra Pradesh said.
  "We have no problems right now with TS. It is a truce between the two states," said the AP official.
 He further added that the level at Srisailam was 857 feet and the AP was drawing water from Srisailam only for SRBC. No water required for KC Canal and Telugu Ganga from Srisailam, the official added. The drawl of water from Srisailam by AP was nominal now.
  However, the row was temporarily subsided, such disputes may arise in future over sharing of water, as there are no operational guidelines and protocols, which are acceptable to both AP and TS.
  The TS opposing the different kind of GOs issued by combined AP state and the present AP government is quoting the select GOs which serve its purpose.
  According to official sources, Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) sent the draft operational guidelines to both AP and TS. The draft was under the examination of AP Irrigation Minister D Uma Maheswara Rao.
 The KRMB in its recent order stated that it was brought to the notice of the Board that for the operation rules of Srisailam, the erstwhile AP government issued different GOs. In the opinion of Telangana State, these rules needed modifications due to bifurcation of the State. KRMB officials stated that for any updating of existing operation rules, careful study and analysis of data regarding crop water management, other water use etc has to be made in consultation of both the States, the Board stated.
   As a prelude to finalise the fresh operational guidelines, the Board wanted principal secretaries of both the States to sit together and come to an understanding. The principal secretaries will meet and send their opinions on the draft to the Board. If there are any objections from either side, the KRMB would resolve them.
 The officials of both the States may request the KRMB to define flood waters. Defining flood waters should be uniform for all the projects. Whether the level of the project would be taken or whether any other formula would be worked for deciding the flood waters remains to be seen.

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