The Telangana State Government has opposed intervention of Karnataka Government in the construction of Palamuru Rangareddy lift irrigation project aimed at bringing areas in Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts which are reputed as drought-prone for the past few decades.
The State Government delegation which attended the 30 th southern zonal council meeting in Thiruvanantapuram on Saturday made it clear that the dispute, whatsoever is related to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka was no way concerned with the project. The State’s argument was based on the fact that drawing water from Krishna river after entering Telangana was an issue between the two lower riparian states, Telangana and AP.
Telangana official delegation led by senior officials including Finance special chief secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao registered their protest against the recent order of the Union Power Ministry over the dispute on power dues between the two Telugu States. While the Ministry had directed the Telangana power utilities to repay more than ₹6,700 crore to their AP counterparts, the State officials contended that Telangana in fact should receive amounts to the tune of more than ₹12,500 crore from the utilities of the neighbouring State.
