CWC faults AP for scanty information on RLS
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Project Appraisal Director refuses to take up preliminary appraisal
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Project Appraisal Director refuses to take up preliminary appraisal
The Central Water Commission (CWC) has expressed its inability to take up even preliminary level appraisal for determination of techno-economic feasibility of Rayalaseema Lift Scheme (RLS) stating that the report submitted by the Water Resources Department of Andhra Pradesh for the purpose lacks “even the most basic and fundamental parts of any DPR.”
In a latter addressed to the Engineer-in-Chief of WR Department of AP on December 16, Director of Project Appraisal (South) of CWC N. Mukherjee stated that they had received a proposal for RLS “to supplement 3 tmc ft water per day from Sangameshwaram (located on the foreshores of Srisailam reservoir, a joint water storage facility of Telangana and AP) to Srisailam Right Main Canal downstream of Pothireddypadu Head Re
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Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has stated that the Centre would consider referring the matter for re-allocation of Krishna waters between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh either to a new tribunal or to the existing Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar after withdrawal of the petition in the Supreme Court by Telangana.
In a detailed letter written to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on December 12, Mr. Shekhawat said the MoJS would consider the matter of referring the issue under Section 3 of the Inter State River Waters Disputes Act only after withdrawal of petition by Telangana and after obtaining legal opinion. He mentioned that he had already written to AP asking it not to go ahead with Pothireddypadu Head Regulator expansion and Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme until their detailed project reports are appraised by the Krishna River Management Board and C