Telangana has reiterated its stand on the proposal of interlinking of Godavari and Cauvery rivers one more time that there is a need to assess the availability of water in Godavari in excess of the allocations made to riparian States by the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) and how much of the surplus water could be utilised.
Telangana Irrigation Department authorities said this at a meeting convened by the National Water Development Authority (NWDA) in New Delhi on Friday and was attended by officials of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry besides Telangana. The officials suggested the NWDA to assess the availability of surplus water after the river enters AP.
According to information reaching here, the AP authrities proposed that the Godavari-Cauvery link could be taken up from Polavaram project and AP had no objections in the diversion of surplus water to the States outside the basin after meeting the needs in the scarcity (water deficient) areas of the State.
