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Telangana, Maharashtra sign 3 pacts
The Chief Ministers of Telangana and Maharashtra on Tuesday signed three agreements for the construction of irrigation projects across River Godavari, ending the inter-state dispute.
Mumbai/Hyderabad: The Chief Ministers of Telangana and Maharashtra on Tuesday signed three agreements for the construction of irrigation projects across River Godavari, ending the inter-state dispute.
This pact is touted as the historic pact which would pave way for the construction of three barrages across Godavari and its tributaries Penganga and Pranahita.
Under the first agreement, Telangana will build a barrage of 100-metre height and 16 tmc ft storage capacity at Medigadda. To be constructed as part of the Kaleswaram project, the barrage will help irrigate 18.19 lakh acres in six districts. The water coming to Sriramsagar, Nizamsagar and Singur reservoirs will irrigate an additional 18 lakh acres.
The second agreement was for Tummadihatti barrage on Pranahita with a height of 148 metres and 1.8 tmc ft storage. This will help in irrigation of two lakh acres of land in Adilabad district bordering Maharashtra.
Under the third agreement, Chanaka-Korata barrage will be built on the Penganga river. This barrage with 213 metre height and 0.85 tmc ft storage will irrigate land in Maharashtra and Adilabad district of Telangana.
Addressing the media soon after inking the pact, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said with this historic pact, the two states have set a new trend.
He said the water dispute between Maharashtra and the then Andhra Pradesh government over projects on River Godavari has a long history. Despite Congress being in power in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and at the Centre, they could not resolve the issue.
Rao said he took the initiative to solve the dispute after formation of the new state of Telangana so that the water going waste into the sea could be utilised for the benefit of both the states.
KCR said that Medigadda barrage would help in supplying water for irrigation to 18.19 lakh acres in Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak, Nizamabad, Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy districts. Tummidihatti would provide new irrigation facility in two lakh acres in Adilabad district. Chanaka– Korata would increase irrigated area in both the states.
Fadnavis said the agreements would protect the interests of both the states. He said the projects would ensure minimum submergence and would also lead to irrigation of 30,000 acres of land in Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra CM also took an assurance from Rao that Telangana government will not question Maharahshtra’s share in River Krishna during the hearing of the case before Krishna Tribunal in Supreme Court.
