Will strategy SC to cease river- hyperlink challenge: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

Will strategy SC to cease river- hyperlink challenge: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy introduced on Wednesday that the state would strategy the Supreme Court docket to cease the Godavari-Banakcharla hyperlink challenge proposed by the Andhra Pradesh authorities. The challenge proposes a system to divert water from the Godavari river to the Krishna basin from Polavaram.

Chief minister Revanth Reddy (ANI)

Talking to reporters after an all-party MPs assembly, Reddy mentioned that the state authorities would appoint authorized specialists who specialised in water agreements to struggle the authorized battle.

“We’ll take all measures to guard the pursuits of Telangana. We now have additionally determined to move a decision within the state meeting opposing the Godavari-Banakacharla challenge and ship it to the Centre. We’ll struggle this battle unitedly, involving all events,” the chief minister mentioned.

Reddy blamed Andhra Pradesh’s resolution to go forward with the challenge on the earlier Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) regime, led by Ok Chandrashekhar Rao. “In October 2019, KCR and then-Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had held discussions on diverting Godavari waters to the Rayalaseema area. The inspiration for the Godavari-Banakacharla challenge was laid throughout that assembly,” he mentioned.

He recalled that KCR had promised to help the diversion of Godavari waters to Rayalaseema. “Throughout the apex council assembly of Union Jal Sakthi ministry held on September 21, 2016, KCR had acknowledged that 3,000 TMC (thousand million cubic ft) of Godavari water was going to waste into the ocean yearly and that it ought to be harnessed to offer irrigation to the parched Rayalaseema area,” identified the chief minister.

He mentioned that the data of the Apex Council clearly documented what was mentioned by whom. “On the time, ministers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh informed the media that discussions had taken place about diverting Godavari water to Rayalaseema,” added the CM.

No matter politics, Revanth Reddy mentioned, there can be no compromise in relation to farmers’ pursuits. He mentioned he had held discussions with opposition events on tips on how to proceed with the Banakacharla challenge.

Reddy added that there can be no compromise on problems with farmers’ pursuits, no matter politics.

BRS Rajya Sabha member Vaddiraju Ravichandra, who attended the all-party assembly, objected to Reddy’s statements and clarified that KCR had spoken protecting Telangana’s pursuits on the time in thoughts.

“KCR had solely acknowledged there was no objection to diverting Godavari waters to Krishna river, whereas offering irrigation to the parched lands in Telangana enroute,” he mentioned, and in addition alleged that the assembly was held with a politically motivated agenda.

The all-party MPs’ assembly, held on the state secretariat, was attended by state irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Congress MPs, Renuka Chowdhury, Mallu Ravi, P Balaram Naik, Suresh Shetkar, Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy, Chamal Kiran Kumar Reddy, Anil Kumar Yadav, Raghuram Reddy; BJP MPs D Ok Aruna and M Raghunandan Rao, BRS MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra and AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

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