Overview

• Harish Rao has urged Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy to press the Union Jal Shakti Ministry for an immediate Apex Council meeting on the Banakacherla project
• He has called for both an all-party meeting and a special state assembly session, urging a unified stance against the proposed 200 TMC diversion plan
• Rao warns that Andhra Pradesh’s phased linkage would violate existing tribunal awards and strip Telangana of its remaining Godavari allocation
• Telangana has already utilized about 600 TMC of its 969 TMC share through barrages and canal networks while awaiting central approval for further irrigation schemes
• He highlighted that if Andhra Pradesh moves 80 TMC to the Krishna delta via Polavaram, Telangana could claim 157.5 TMC of Krishna waters as recompense