HYDERABAD: The Godavari and Krishna river management boards on Wednesday sent the copies of the resolutions of the board meetings held on Monday and Tuesday to the state government and asked it to come out with government orders (GOs) accepting the takeover of the irrigation projects by the two boards.
However, the state government did not issue any GOs for the takeover of irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna by the two boards. Till late night on Wednesday, the government was yet to issue any GOs in this regard.
Sources said the Telangana government is of the view that the deadline for takeover is October 14 and there was no need to hurriedly issue GOs on October 13 itself. Also, the state government is still trying and is hoping that the Centre may defer the takeover as chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. A senior official in the state government said that they need to examine the proposal and resolution of the two boards before acting on them.
The KRMB meeting on Tuesday had resolved to first take over 15 direct outlets under Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects from October
14. On Monday, the GRMB had decided to take over Peddavagu in Bhadradri Kothagudemdistrict, which is a common project under its control.”
KRMB has identified 30 outlets of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar. The state governments have been asked to prioritise the outlets from the main reservoirs and issue GOs. After this process is completed the board will take control of these outlets.
The board meeting on Tuesday was attended by Telangana's special chief secretary Rajat Kumar and AP irrigation secretary J Shyamal Rao. The engineer-in-chiefs of the two Telugu states attended the meeting.
Rajat Kumar said on Tuesday that Telangana will not hand over the hydel power stations to the board.
