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Telangana’s River Water Conflict Intensifies with Debate Invitation and Legal Maneuvers

The debate invitation doubles as a pressure tactic before fresh privilege motions, Ghose Commission updates; a tribunal petition looms.

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Overview

  • Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy invited BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao to debate Krishna and Godavari water allocations in the Assembly or hold a mock session at his Erravalli farmhouse.
  • BRS leader T. Harish Rao condemned the government’s confined presentations, vowing privilege motions in both houses over alleged breaches of legislative privilege.
  • Harish Rao provided additional information to the P. C. Ghose Commission on July 11, detailing six cabinet decisions and three Assembly approvals for the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram project.
  • Senior MLA Kadiyam Srihari warned that Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema Lift schemes and Banakacharla project could draw up to nine tmcft of Krishna water daily, urging immediate tribunal action to protect Telangana’s supply.
  • Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy presented data showing AP’s Krishna diversions surged from 245.3 tmcft in 2004–2014 to 1,192.44 tmcft in 2014–2024, blaming past BRS-approved formulas for Telangana’s current shortfall.