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T gets upper riparian status for 2 yrs
Hyderabad: Telangana Gets Upper Riparian Status for 2 years, The new State of Telangana has got the upper riparian status with the Union government extending the term of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal- II (KWDT) by a period of two years.
- This is consequent to extension of Krishna Tribunal-II
- The tribunal will deal with all disputes over the river
- Telangana, AP may fight over share in surplus water
- Maha and Karnataka already waging legal battles
Hyderabad: The new State of Telangana has got the upper riparian status with the Union government extending the term of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal- II (KWDT) by a period of two years with effect from August 1, 2014. The Ministry of Water Resources issued a notification two days ago to this effect as per the terms of reference included under the Section 89 of the AP Reorganisation Act -2014.
The officials of the Major Irrigation department said that the extension of the term of the KWDT–II was a big relief to the two successor States which have been training their guns over sharing of water from river Krishna after the official division of the two States on June 2. It may be mentioned here that the KWDT was constituted in April 2004 under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, for allocation of Krishna water between the three riparian States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
“The major challenge before the Tribunal is the allocation of water between Telangana and residuary AP,” the officials said, and added that under the Reorganisation Act, it was proposed to make project- wise specific allocation of water to the two States. The total allocation of water to the undivided State was about 800 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet). However, no modalities were prepared on how to allot water to each project constructed on Krishna River in both States. This could have led to serious problems between the two States.
But now that the Tribunal's life has been extended, the onus of resolving all disputes would be on the Tribunal, the officials explains. The officials also said that the surplus water allotted to the undivided State under the tribunal award – II last year was also a contentious issue. The share of surplus water between the two States should also be resolved by the tribunal. The other two riparian states – Maharashtra and Karnataka – are already fighting for more share in surplus waters, which is pending before the tribunal. The AP government went to the Supreme Court in January 2014 over the Tribunal’s permission to Karnataka to raise the height of Almatti Dam from 519.6 metres to 524.25 metres. It may turn into a major water dispute between the new Telangana State and Karnataka in the coming days, the officials observed.
