Overview

• At KWDT‑II hearings in New Delhi, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy personally attended as the state advanced concluding arguments seeking roughly 70% of the 811 TMC dependable allocation to erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
• Telangana detailed a science-based claim totaling 763 TMC: 555 TMC at 75% dependability, 43 TMC at 65%, 120 TMC from average flows, and 45 TMC from Godavari diversions, plus liberty to use surplus over average flows.
• The state said it will move the Supreme Court to block Karnataka’s proposal to raise Almatti Dam, which critics say would curb downstream flows; BJP leaders alleged land acquisition is proceeding despite a court stay.
• Opposition leaders sharpened attacks over inconsistent public figures cited by Telangana’s leadership—500, 763 and 904 TMC—and BRS’s T. Harish Rao rejected the government’s claim that BRS agreed to a 299 TMC share.
• Telangana asked the tribunal to curb Andhra Pradesh’s outside‑basin diversions and sought reallocation based on basin criteria including catchment, population, drought‑prone areas and cultivable land.