Overview

• Hearings resumed on September 23 before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II, with senior advocate S. Vaidyanathan allotted three days for Telangana’s concluding arguments.
• Telangana seeks 555 TMC at 75% dependability, 43 TMC at 65% dependability, 120 TMC from average flows, and 45 TMC via Godavari diversions, totaling 763 TMC.
• The government has asked the tribunal to restrain Andhra Pradesh’s out-of-basin diversions and to direct use of alternate sources so saved water serves Telangana’s in-basin needs.
• Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy alleges the previous BRS administration accepted 299 TMC for Telangana and left 512 TMC to Andhra Pradesh, a deal the current government says it has rejected.
• Telangana opposes Karnataka’s proposal to raise the Almatti dam height and says it will challenge the move in the Supreme Court.