By Express News Service
Published: 14th January 2015 06:00 AM
Last Updated: 14th January 2015 03:49 AM
HYDERABAD: As the legal battle against sharing of Krishna river waters is taking years together, official sources in Telangana government wants the centre to come up with some ‘arbitrary mechanism’ for resolving the issue amicably between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, till a lasting solution is found either by the Supreme Court or by the Krishna Water Tribunal.
Impasse is continuing between AP and TS over sharing Krishna waters for the ensuing rabi season. AP requires 180 tmc for agricultural operations in Krishna delta, while TS requires 153 tmc for second crop and drinking water needs. But, the available water in Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) is only 102 tmc.
When, AP and TS represented the matter to Union water resources minister Uma Bharati, she wanted both the states to resolve the matter at Krishna River Management Board (KRMB). However, officials in Telangana irrigation pointed out that KRMB could only regulate the flow of water and it could not allocate the water. The water allocation will be done by the Tribunals.
However, a case is pending in Supreme Court over sharing of Krishna waters. Another case is pending with the Krishna Water Tribunal headed by Brijesh Kumar. The Tribunal posted the hearing to February 25. But, on that day it would hear arguments only on whether to make Maharashtra and Karnataka as parties in the future hearings or not.
The sources suggested that the Centre come up with an an ‘arbitrary mechanism” to resolve the issue on a temporary basis. Developing such arbitrary mechanism would help resolve issues between not only AP and TS, but also issues between Karnataka and Tamil Naidu and disputes between any other two states, the official sources said.
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