Overview

• With hearings resuming on September 23 in New Delhi, Telangana presented a 763 TMC claim grounded in basin area, population, drought vulnerability and cultivable land metrics.
• The state’s breakdown seeks 555 TMC at 75% dependability, 43 TMC at 65%, 120 TMC from average flows and 45 TMC from Godavari diversions, plus liberty over surplus flows.
• Senior advocate S. Vaidyanathan has three days to argue the case as final arguments proceed, and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy attended the session.
• Telangana urged the tribunal to curb Andhra Pradesh’s outside-basin diversions and to direct saved water to drought-prone in-basin regions of Telangana.
• The political battle escalated as the BJP criticized the chief minister’s public stance on Almatti and alleged Karnataka is pursuing land acquisition despite a Supreme Court stay.